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TIL: Spain is the world's second largest exporter of bricks

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e04bb TIL that solid chocolate was only invented in the 1840s. Beforehand, chocolate powder was mostly consumed as a drink, and it wasn't until the 1870s that solid bars started to become more common.
Jgj TIL that a town in the UK, Berwick-upon-Tweed, was still technically at war with Russia until 1966 when a Russian diplomat and the Mayor signed a peace treaty. The Mayor told the diplomat: “You can tell the Russian people that they can now sleep peacefully in their beds”.
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GAmkN TIL the Philippine Eagle is the largest eagle in the world, stands at one (1) meter in height and has a wingspan of about two (2) meters.