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TIL butter sold on the west coast comes in shorter and wider sticks compared to butter sold east of the Rocky Mountains

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PYgGg TIL in Avatar: The Last Airbender, the bending styles for each element were influenced by a different Chinese martial art. For example, earthbenders use movements inspired by Hung Gar––chosen for its firmly rooted stances and powerful strikes as a representation of the solidity of earth.
r9xM TIL that Stephen Colbert is deaf in his right ear due to a botched surgery
Lkyj0 TIL Matthew Perry doesn't remember filming three seasons of Friends due to his substance use.
dD5mE TIL of Sun Yaoting, the last eunuch of China who had his penis and testicles removed at the age of eight. Less than two years before China abolish the monarchy.
OokPe TIL the Nazi party had used the methods of the Turkish state as a standard to draw inspiration from. A Nazi publication of 1925 exalts the new Turkish state for its "cleansing" policy against the Greeks. Between 450,000–750,000 Greeks were killed during the 1923 genocide