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TIL the most difficult word to translate is 'ilunga'. It means "a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time".

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ly4G TIL in 1974 ,Pharoh Rameses II’s mummy was issued an Egyptian passport and was received in France with full military honors befitting a king.
ZyvD TIL that “Breaking Bad” writer and director Vince Gilligan became a professional writer after submitting a fan script to “The X-Files” for its 2nd season. It became an episode and he went on to be a regular writer and producer on the X-Files.
4NOw TIL that Google has a secret laboratory in California that is developing, among other things, a space elevator.
grWJ9 TIL Lal Bihari Mritak is an Indian farmer and activist who was officially declared dead between 1975 and 1994. He fought with Indian bureaucracy for 19 years to prove that he is alive.
8a444 TIL Chickens will sometimes eat their eggs and develop a taste for them. Sometimes, this can be caused by a calcium deficiency in their diet but other times, they just develop a taste for the rich food source and have to be culled or they can teach this to the other hens.