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TIL the key difference between a ship and a boat is a ship can carry a boat, but a boat cannot carry a ship

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R7my7 Today I learned how India (who is the largest democracy in the world and has the longent written constitution) preserves her handwritten original copy of Constitution.
ry94 TIL that there is a sausage restaurant in Regensburg, Germany which is in business since 900 years. That means they were selling sausages well before the Inca Empire existed and are still serving 6,000 sausages a day.
8eLM8 TIL that in 52 BC, during the Battle of Alesia, Julius Caesar trapped both the Gallic forces inside and outside the city by building dual lines of fortifications. Despite their larger numbers, the Gauls were crushed, leading to a decisive Roman victory and the end of the Gallic Wars.
GYEJE TIL that "Flash Gordon" is Queen Elizabeth II's favourite film, and she watches it with her grandchildren every Christmas. When actor Brian Blessed met the Queen, she asked him that if he doesn't mind, because she had the grandchildren there, would he mind saying "Gordon’s alive"?
VMrnZ TIL about the 80s Pakistani action flick, Hitlar, in which der Führer settles down in Pakistan and sires a son. The son of Hitler -Hitlar - spends his days terrorizing a small town, using his musical sting to petrify his enemies, and conversing with paintings of his dead Nazi father.