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TIL of the Owa Hutterites from Japan. A Hutterite Colony of Japanese Hutterites.

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6EwAw TIL that there are approximately 80 hippos in Columbia. This is because Pablo Escobar had 4 imported from America in 1981 for his own private collection. The hippos escaped and have now shade what is believed to be a positive impact on Columbian river ecosystems.
b6J7 TIL that Brian May, guitarist for Queen, has a PhD in Astrophysics. He abandoned his thesis work in 1971 to be a musician and went back and completed the thesis in 2007.
OoEjg TIL: The mushrooms from the Super Mario games are based on a real life mushroom called Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria). When eaten, the mushroom gives the sensation of growth.
BgYRy TIL of the Swoon of the Virgin, a common religious theme of art of the Virgin Mary swooning at the death of her son; it was criticised by catholic church for making Mary look emotionally weak and not being biblically accurate.
Oo1WL TIL Leonard Susskind was a plumber before going on to become one of the most noted astrophysicists of our time