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TIL that the official name for ‘Mexico’ is the “United Mexican States.”

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rN6Lw TIL the state of Mississippi did not repeal Prohibition until 1966.
b9XyE TIL Queen Elizabeth once went for a walk near her Balmoral estate with one of her protection officers and met some American tourists who didn’t recognise her. They asked her if she’d ever met the Queen and she said “No”, then pointed to her officer and said “he has”. They didn’t connect the dots.
Br7xD TIL that a baby prince from Khawarizam (Persia) was sold as a slave after the Mongols invaded their land and killed his family. He arrived in Egypt and rose among the ranks until he became king. He then lead the army and served the Mongols their biggest defeat in history.
N7llP TIL that square-round ice cream cartons are called "Squrounds"
oB8JK TIL During WWI, the MI6 discovered semen could work as invisible ink. Mansfield Cumming, the first chief of the SIS was "making enquiries for invisible inks," and apparently semen did not react to the main methods of detection. It also had the advantage of being readily available.