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TIL there is a specific word - Haar - for the sea fogs that form off of eastern Scotland and England.

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m1vKP TIL Foot binding, the practice of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size, was still prevalent in China until the early 20th century.
ZMYB TIL that while in captivity, an orca discovered it could get more food by regurgitating some of its meal to attract birds, and then eat those birds. It taught other orcas too.
wLOrW TIL the oldest surviving work of latin prose is a guide to farmers by Cato the Elder. Along with detailed instructions on running a farm it contains a guide to brewing wine and many cooking recipes,including one for cheesecake
D1PAj TIL the American government manipulated the outcomes of every Italian election for at least 24 years, starting in 1946
nKvb TIL crime is a major problem in Pine Ridge Indian reservation and since many of the Native Americans grow up as master horsemen, the reservation has an actual problem with gangs of Indians on horseback terrorizing the towns and riding away into the sunset where police vehicles can’t follow.