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TIL that Japanese, South Koreans and Taiwanese were considered ‘honorary whites’ by the Apartheid-Era South African government and were granted most of the rights usually reserved for white citizens

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M70eA TIL there is a cave in Romania called the Movile Cave that has been sealed off from the outside world for over 5 million years and contains its own unique ecosystem.
VMAdQ TIL while shooting for Deliverance (1972), Burt Reynolds insisted on doing a stunt by himself instead of a dummy. During the stunt, he got injured and his clothes came off. Waking up in hospital, he asked the director what it looked like, who said, "It looked like a dummy falling over a waterfall.'
Bg7ae TIL that boxer Ken Norton credited his 1973 victory over Muhammad Ali, down to having read the book Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
00EN TIL Blockbusting, a business practice used by real estate brokers to buy a house in a white neighbourhood, rent it to a black family, and buy the rest of the neighbourhood at a discounted price after urging nervous white families to leave the neighbourhood.
e0pYg TIL Humans are the only mammals that develop breasts that are permanently enlarged.