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TIL the Spanish word for junk mail is “la propaganda.”

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YpynB TIL that Beethoven's teacher (Johann Albrechtsberger) wrote seven Concerti for the Jew Harp (also known as the Mouth Harp).
OoLo6 TIL that author H. G. Wells was a pioneer in miniature wargaming. In 1913 he published Little Wars, a rulebook for playing out battles using toy soldiers.
9wwl6 TIL that kookaburras are also known as laughing jackasses
d8DD7 TIL in 1979, GIGN commandos briefly converted to Islam to advise and assist Saudi counterterror teams in seizing the Grand Mosque in Mecca, infidels not being permitted to step foot in the Holy City - the mosque had been taken over by an estimated 300 - 600 militants
xV7L5 TIL that there is a practice in China for reusing fatbergs from the sewers as cooking oil.