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TIL that the kamikaze (Japanese: 神風, lit. 'divine wind') were two winds or storms that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan.

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GYb8G Today I learned that there was a species of humans that were extremely short, named Homo floresiensis, and nicknamed 'hobbit'. They were found on the island of Flores, Indonesia, and the remains of a skeleton found tell us that they were around 1.1m tall.
4XDLw TIL that when Redd Foxx died of a heart attack, while filming a scene for "The Royal Family", his co-stars thought that he was joking, as it was similar to a recurring bit he had on the television series "Sanford and Son"
e0xQD TIL Helium was first discovered on the Sun (named from the Greek word 'Helios', meaning "the Sun") through the analysis of the Sun's spectrum, and is the only element in the Periodic Table to be discovered some place other than Earth.
4Xnd6 TIL that even though he owned slaves in the past, Benjamin Franklin became more opposed to slavery later in his life. Eventually becoming the president of an abolitionist society, he even included a provision in his will that required his child to free her slave in order to gain his inheritance.
woMA7 TIL that tabloid newspapers take their name from medicines. The first pills were known as "tabloids" of compressed powder for easy administration. Tabloid newspapers got their name because they are condensed stories and are "easier to swallow" than normal newspapers.