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TIL "アニメ/Anime" and "コスプレ/Kosupure" (cosplay) were borrowed from English, then later reborrowed back into English

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0wAQL TIL that in 1946 John Boyd Orr, a Scottish scientist, proposed the creation of a World Food Board to repel world hunger and protect global peace. The proposal was rejected as UK and USA refused to support it. As he resigned from his role in the UN, he warned that “food is more than a commodity."
rRGW TIL that almost all carrots used to be purple and it wasn’t until the 17th century that most of them became orange.
PY9aO TIL at the end of the 17th century in an attempt to modernize society, Russian Emperor Peter the Great taxed any men who didn't shave their beard. Those that paid the tax carried around a copper or bronze token as proof they had paid.
464J TIL babylonians had museums 2500 years ago
VGGQ TIL The oldest house in the UK is nearly 6000 years old and has stone furniture that is still intact today.