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TIL the second most spoken first language in Brazil is German (various dialects)

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wl5o TIL that rabbits weren’t domesticated until the 7th century AD, and that the reason they were domesticated is that the Catholic church ruled that fetal rabbits were a type of fish and therefore OK to eat during Lent.
R76K7 TIL the actress who played 'Snoop' from The Wire (Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson) was convicted of second-degree murder at 16 years old. She was later convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin 3 years after The Wire ended. The character was named after her, and even shares her nickname.
nL69 TIL that the city of Melbourne assigned trees email addresses so citizens could report problems. Instead, people wrote thousands of love letters to their favorite trees.
VxKp TIL: according to Jewish lore, Adam’s first wife was not Eve, but infact a half-woman half-snake named Lilith.
mL4M TIL that Tokyo has a massive underground water storage area to deal with typhoons and flooding