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TIL the year is 2079, in Nepal

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x6KZw TIL that Sharbat Gula, the "Afghan girl" whose eyes captured the world, sees a new life and finds a new voice in Italy
wLxYM Today I learned that the original eraser was stale bread and erasers are pink because of pumice: Guide to Erasers
6el TIL that in 2007 Checkers was “solved”. That is, given perfect play, the win/lose/draw result for every possible game is already known.
m14AE TIL that if a child has peanut allergies, there is a good chance it is because their parents followed bad medical advice to avoid exposing them for several years after birth.
larB TIL India was the first country to develop extraction and purifying techniques of Sugar in 350 AD. The technique then reached Persia and from there the knowledge was transferred to the World.