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TIL conversations in Japanese often involve a ‘yes’ that is meaningless and a pause that means 'no’

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ZpRkD TIL Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specialized, trained homing pigeons.
KYRW4 TIL that Josephine Baker adopted 12 children of all skin colors, creating what she referred to as her “rainbow tribe” and her “experiment in brotherhood.” The children were all brought up in accordance with their heritage and the religions that Baker assigned to them.
KOZlG TIL that Snoop Dogg. broke the Guinness World Record for biggest gin and juice by stirring up a drink that contained 180 bottles of gin, 154 bottles of apricot brandy and 38 jugs of orange juice.
XEOv8 TIL that Polynesians may have traveled to the Americas in pre-columbian times. Sweet potatoes originated from the Americas were found in the islands when Cpt. Cook discovered them. The Maori word for sweet potato "kumala" is almost the same as the Quechuan's word "k'umara" for sweet potato.
W7r9A TIL that in Michelangelo's The Last Judgment includes a self-portrait where St. Bartholomew holds Michelangelo's flayed skin. Michelangelo resented being commissioned to paint the Sistine Chapel, as he considered himself primarily to be a sculptor, not a painter, and included this as a protest.