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TIL that the earliest ancient Egyptian restaurant served only grains, wildfowl, and onions

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b9yp7 TIL That in Ruilson, Colarado in 1969 became a test site for nukes. In doing this the US tried to use this as a method to drill for natural gas. The only issue? It made it unsuitable for civilian use. A plague now stands there that was erected in 1976
7ajO TIL that the word “Sniper” refers to a hunter skilled enough to shoot a snipe, a small and fast bird.
KYZXG TIL: After the first Bush retired, he noticed all his agents had shaved their heads. He asked why and was told it was in support of the son of one of them who was undergoing chemo. So Bush shaved his head too.
mQbp TIL that Nazi Germany’s most successful interrogator never used torture to get information; he instead befriended prisoners. He later helped create mosaic art for Disney.
Y77j7 TIL the terms Latino/Latina came from the French word Amérique Latine. Coined by Napoleon III, it was used in an effort to imply cultural kinship to Mexico and justify French intervention as well as to combat the ever growing Anglo-Saxon presence in America.