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TIL the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress' official nickname is "BUFF" which is an acronym for "Big Ugly Fat Fucker"

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JYopB TiL there's a "Women Only" village in Kenya, Africa called Umoja Village that was created in 1990 as a safe haven for women escaping violence
rRLWW TIL that the little piece of paper to help you open a Hershey’s kiss is called a “Nigglywiggly”
W7gY8 TIL that Iceman, a movie partiality based in Otzi the Iceman, is one of the few movies that used an extinct language in the dialogues, being ancient Rhaetian
9Xam TIL: Brazil has the highest rate of aluminium can recycling in the world with 98.3%
m1LWp TIL about "Grandpa Indian" (Vovô Índio), a Brazilian character created in the 1930s with the intention of providing a "patriotic" alternative to Santa Claus in Christmastide imagery. Promoted by the far-right Integralist movement, the attempt was widely mocked, and few trace of the character remain.