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TIL Voltaire never wrote “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” - Evelyn Beatrice Hall wrote the famous sentence in Friends of Voltiere in 1906

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KYyWJ TIL that contrary to popular belief, the Great Wall of China is not actually visible from space with the naked eye.
JYlv4 TIL Canada officially became a multicultural society in 1971 when the government began to recognize the value and dignity of Canadians of all races and ethnic groups, all languages and all religions
9Y6N7 TIL modern DNA testing exists due to Yellowstone park, as DNA polymerase chain reaction is made possible by a chemical isolated from Yellowstone Park bacteria
EgMyx TIL about Ättestupa, cliffs in Sweden where legend says elderly people in ancient Norse times would leap to their deaths in a ritual of senicide
16oyr TIL Cola and beer is really common in Germany, its called "diesel"