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TIL babies in every country say "mama"

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J1KXQ TIL about “The Asoh Defense”, a term used for taking the blame when you're at fault. It’s named after a Japanese pilot named Kohei Asoh, who crash landed a full passenger jet in the San Francisco Bay in 1968. When asked what happened, he said: “As you Americans say, I f-cked up.”
XEr9R TIL Muammar Qaddafi was obsessed with Secretary of State, Condolezza Rice. During one visit he showed her a video with photos of her with various people, set to a song composed just for her called ‘Black Flower in the White House.’ When his house was raided a scrapbook of her pictures was found.
OoBgX TIL we aren't allowed to excavate the area the Graecopithecus (human's oldest direct ancestor) fossil was found because the owner of the property built a swimming pool on it.
JY1pk TIL that due to a mistranslation, Muslim martyrs might have 72 white raisins waiting for them in heaven instead of the expected 72 virgins
KMeG TIL The Onion was founded by Seann William Scott’s brother