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TIL that the classification of “First World” initially had nothing to do with standard of living or GDP. The terms 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world were devised at the onset of the Cold War to describe nations that were either aligned to NATO (1st), aligned to the USSR (2nd), or non-aligned to either (3rd).

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Jdel TIL that Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (Chairman of Nestlé) said that the idea of water as a basic human right is “extreme”
X0vPr TIL In February 1985, Ugo Vetere, the mayor of Rome, and Chedly Klibi, the mayor of Carthage signed a symbolic peace treaty to officially end the Third Punic War, 2,134 years after it began.
D1X9J TIL about a house made from the tombstones of 2,200 soldiers
jNBmM TIL of Devon Lee who on Feb 23rd, 1885, was attempted to be hung 3 separate times, but all 3 failed due to a faulty door that worked perfectly fine when Lee wasn't on deck. After the 3rd failed attempt, due to the law, he was returned to his cell and eventually acquitted some years later.
m14DO TIL Croissants and Baguettes are not actually French, their origins are actually Viennese. (Austrian)