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TIL the Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration outside of asia

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QNyKd TIL that Roman philosopher Augustine of Hippo argued that the Biblical Genesis Narrative of God creating the world in seven days was false because the best science of the time suggested that the world was created in one day.
OGlQR TIL there is a species of fish who have a singular lung and can breathe fresh air like humans
OoLVR Today I learned that the cloudy vapor that appears when liquid nitrogen is exposed to the air is condensed moisture, not the gas itself. The gas actually causing the condensation and freezing is completely invisible.
8aXNL TIL that a Soviet teenager Zinaida Portnova killed over 100 Nazis by poisoning them, Betrayed and captured, she is said to have shot the Nazi detective who captured her.
Wk0pB TIL One bee will only make 1/12 of a teaspoon on honey in its entire life, and that Bees are the only insect in the world that make food that people can eat.