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TIL Watermelons originated in a desert.
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TIL Einstein proved that past events are not knowable with certainty [PDF]
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TIL the Seychellois are the world's biggest drinkers consuming on average 20.5 litres of alcohol a year and the germans are only 6th!
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TIL that in 546 BCE Argos and Sparta had an all-star "Battle of the 300 Champions," where both sides picked their best hoplites and agreed to fight to the death. The two surviving Argives thought they'd won and left, leaving behind a single injured Spartan on the field. He also claimed victory.
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TIL The person who invented the automated telephone exchange, an undertaker, came up with the idea when he started losing customers to a competitor whose telephone-operator wife was intercepting and redirecting everyone’s calls
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TIL a chef’s hat, or toque, has 100 folds to represent the 100 ways to cook an egg