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TIL that Greece has been in a state of default for about half its modern history as a sovereign state

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yayX TIL the best female sniper of all time was a 24 year-old Russian WWII soldier named Lyudmila Pavlichenko. She left university in Ukraine during her senior year to begin “hunting Nazis” after the Third Reich invaded the country.
YgZZ TIL Quarantine comes from the Latin word for 40, which was the number of a days a ship had to wait to dock because of the plague…
Z8lYD TIL the reason drinking is so prevalent on Saint Patrick's Day is because St. Patrick died during lent and to celebrate his life properly, restrictions on eating and drinking alcohol were lifted for the day
j6AWM TIL: You can use AI to generate recipes based on what's in your fridge
jX5X TIL when you look at a clock, and the second hand seems to freeze for a moment, your brain is actually generating a false memory, and your perception of time stretches slightly backward. This effect is called chronostasis.