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TIL a "Karen" is actually a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).

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4k88J TIL that purple became associated with royalty due to a shade of it named Tyrian purple, which was created using the mucous glands of Murex snails. Even though it smelled horrible, this pigment was treasured in ancient times as a dye because its intensity deepened with time instead of fading away.
vyOj TIL There is a professional Indian cricket player named Napoleon Einstein.
PYEgE TIL there are no descendants left from the first Eskimos.. DNA is revealing that the 1st people in the Arctic did not leave any descendants in the New World.The 1st group in the Arctic lived in isolation for 4,000 years. It remains a mystery why they ultimately died off, they added.
N70ZE TIL in the 1st century AD in Rome, the lead actor in the play, 'Laureolus," would be switched out in the end with a condemned criminal and actually crucified on stage.
MJ9K TIL: Hundreds of Dodge Chargers were destroyed during filming of “The Dukes of Hazard”. This created such a shortage of available cars that by the final season they had to resort to using a radio controlled miniature.