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TIL the first video to mention China on YouTube is also the first UFO video ever on the platform

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xVGg0 TIL the martial arts style portrayed by Denzel Washington in the 2010 movie "The Book of Eli" is called Kali and is the national martial arts form of the Philippines. It teaches to focus on and react to angles of attack rather than particular strikes/attacks.
QJYNM TIL about "uncuffing season" which is the time of year relationships formed during the winter end. As days become longer, serotonin in the body increases which could make people feel like they don't need their girlfriends and boyfriends and free to use the warmer weather to meet new people.
Xryr TIL that in the the 17th century Navies doled out a daily ration of a half a pint of rum per sailor. This practice was continued by countries around the world and wasn’t completely stopped until 1990.
gMBa9 TIL: Massive ant swarms on the sidewalk are not ants gathering food or establishing a colony but actually "large scale" territorial ant wars between two colonies
XEAX6 TIL about Gladys West, a black woman who was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame earlier this month for creating a precise mathematical model of the Earth in the 1980's that would be critical for the development of GPS technology.