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TIL Josef Mengele, a Nazi doctor who fled to South America after WW2, would use fake names to fly under the radar. One such name was, “Jose Mengele.”

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l7vM5 TIL National Tea Day is a popular event celebrated in many countries around the world, on April 21st.
Y78w7 TIL The Yacaratiá tree, called the bread tree by jesuit priests, is the only tree in the world with edible wood due to its lack of cellulose. It is a local delicacy in its native province of Misiones, on the Argentine coast.
kJG4m TIL that the names given to hurricanes are pretty much already set. There are six alphabetical lists of names for Atlantic hurricanes, maintained by the World Meteorological Organization, and they are rotated through every six years.
dLQ8 TIL there is a actually Japanese term for that intangible sadness we all feel because of our awareness of life itself: “mono no aware”
j6oeN TIL Cotton candy is called "old lady's hair" in India and Greece.