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TIL There is a subculture in Congo where members dress up like gentlemen.

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4XaAJ TIL that pineapples were name during after pinecones due to their spiky appearances
v5aB TIL of several unusual units of measurement, including the nanocentury (3.155 seconds), pony (0.75 ounces of liquor), light-foot (amount of time it takes light to travel one foot, or 1.0167 nanoseconds), banana equivalent dose (amount of radiation absorbed from eating a banana), and more.
pLXb TIL a wild fox wandered into the United States Supreme Court building in 2002 and eluded capture for more than a day
REx1 TIL a solar storm like the Carrington Event in 1859 would cause devastation to world electronics if it happened today.
5VPap TIL the world’s deepest hole is only 7.6 miles deep. Rock density prevents us from digging any further. We know more about the surface of other planets than we do about Earth’s core.