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TIL for Hawaiians, water (wai) symbolizes life. The Hawaiian word for prosperity or wealth, is 'waiwai', literally means 'water-water'. Many names in Hawaiian have the word 'wai' in it, referring to the water source that the people relied on at that time.

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QJjbe TIL pigeons are everywhere because humans domesticated them 10,000 years ago for food, and have since been using them for other things until they were abandoned and perfectly adapted for an urban environment
x6jN5 TIL that airplane cabin pressures at cruising altitudes are around 11 to 12 pounds per square inch (PSI) which is lower than at ground level (14.7 PSI). This is similar to the pressure one experiences on a mountain that is between 6,000 to 8,000 feet high.
vPLMB TIL of Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of the Bouvet Islands and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard who is a king penguin residing in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is officially recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world's highest-ranking penguin.
Z8rRv Today I learned that during the preparation for the Apollo 11 mission, those going aboard the spacecraft took poetry lessons, to be able to creatively convey what it felt like on the moon.
rNO7W Today I learned about Bazoul in Burkina Faso, where crocodiles are revered and played with by local children