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TIL China has 7 coffee shops that are a blatant ripoffs of Starbucks, competing with actual Starbucks without any legal consequences.

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QNy7X TIL that the pancake ice, a collection of loose and plate ice crystals, features raised edges that is formed by slush on a turbulent water, different from other types of sea ice formed under calm conditions.
B9yK TIL it was assumed Amelia Earhart died 80 years ago(July 2, 1937) after crashing her plane in an attempt to fly around the globe and her remains were lost to deep waters.Due to a skeleton found on an island, an aircraft recovery group now believes she may have lived months as a castaway
R54k4 TIL an estimated 90-100% of adults in East Asia and 80% in Central Asia have an impaired ability to digest lactose.
yQwDl TIL about the Xoloitzcuintli (pronounced "show-low-eats-QUEENT-lee"), a 3,000-year-old dog breed native to Mexico. Ancient Aztecs named the breed for their dog-headed god Xolotl, and mentions of these “strange hairless dogs” appear in the journals of Columbus and other European explorers.
oBDaL TIL Stephen Colbert's father and two brothers died in a plane crash when he was 10 years old