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TIL there were 691 people that made over $350,000 in 2021 in Bermuda, and zero were under the age of 25

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kOx71 TIL: Japanese hipsters in Nagoya are dressing like cholos (urban Mexican Americans). Apparently, movies going back to the 80s, some Japanese autoworkers who fell in love with cars in LA, and a popular rapper popularized the trend, drawing people in withits perceived "rebelliousness".
1aAb4 TIL keeping your bed unmade can be good for your health, as an unmade bed creates less moisture than a made one and bed bugs require a moist environment to thrive
4X8kb TIL the Aztec language “Nahuatl” was also spoken throughout the American Southwest. From it are derived words like “Coyote” and “Peyote”. It’s still spoken in much of Mexico.
GAZmE TIL that the song "Rap God" by Eminem has the world record for highest amount of words in one song, at 4.28 words per second.
mxMVy TIL that sailships aren't really moved by the wind blowing into the sail and pushing it forward. The curved shape of the sail creates a lift force acting forward, same the aerodynamic lift that makes an aircraft fly. The wind direction can be of almost any angle relative to the ship.