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TIL: Hidden Valley really is the original ranch dressing… and it’s owned by Clorox.

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nen4d TIL that during the Rwandan genocide, a priest lured around 2000 Tutsis into his church under promise of protection, then ordered the church with all those inside bulldozed and shot the survivors.
5YZAP TIL: Paris was strictly and island city in the Seine until nearly 1000 AD.
1aew4 TIL that the German constitution obliges the wealthy to help others (I believe this basically means that you have to pay taxes): "Property entails obligations. Its use shall also serve the public good." (Article 14, GG)
jNl5p TIL Equifax was started by two grocer brothers that used to document the creditworthiness of their customers, make copies of the list, and sell it to other grocery stores in the area so they could know which customers to extend credit to
kOkQ1 TIL German chocolate cake is named after a person, Sam German, not the country