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TIL Hong Kong has a color-coded warning system for rain
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Yo4W
TIL of the Sworn Virgins, women in the Balkans that have taken a vow of chastity in order to live their lives as men, allowing them to be heads of households and engage in male activities like smoking, drinking and carrying a gun.
LklxV
TIL: The release of a new Harry Potter book had such an impact that researchers in Oxford found that the admission rate of children with traumatic injuries to the city's emergency rooms plummeted on the publication weekends of both Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince.
n0br
TIL that Poe Dameron was supposed to die in The Force Awakens and therefore Oscar Isaac wasn’t sure, if he should accept the role. When Isaac finally wrote Abrams: “Okay. I’ll do it!”, he replied: “Never mind. I’ve figured it out. You’re in the whole movie now.”
P1Ndn
TIL workers building the Great Pyramids in Giza received daily rations of 4-5 liters of beer, providing both nutrition and refreshment, making it essential to the construction effort.
8emWL
TIL of Nzeli, a female Gorilla monitored by the Fossey foundation: at 37 years old, she has been observed voluntarily switching between family groups 10 different times, occasionally leaving her infants behind