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TIL that chubby girls in Japan are called ‘marshmallows’
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TIL that we don’t know who named the Earth. Unlike other planets there are no records of how it got its name. The name Earth, and variations of it, date back 1000+ years.
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TIL that the world’s first commercial electric plane flight successfully took off in Canada, marking a new era in aviation.
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TIL about the Manna of Saint Nicholas, a pleasant smelling liquid that is extracted from the remains of Saint Nicholas of Bari every year and is believed to help cure ailments by drinking the pure manna mixed with holy water or applying it the area of a body that is sick.
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TIL that till 1915, It was legal to mail babies from one place to another in America, If they were under the 11 pound weight limit.
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TIL there is no blue or green pigment present in the human eye. Eyes appear blue or green due to Rayleigh scattering, the same phenomenon that makes the sky appear blue. For this reason, blue eyes and green eyes can appear to change color depending on lighting.