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TIL of Fangyachew, a Dutchman who has fully embraced the life of an Igorot (an ethnic group in the Philippines)

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1a1OO TIL Tom was originally known as "Jasper" during his debut, however, beginning from his next appearance in The Midnight Snack and onwards, he is known as "Tom" or "Thomas".
nWL0r TIL fingerprinting was first introduced in British India in 1900, developed by Bengali Police to collect prisoners’ fingerprints. The first UK fingerprint bureau was established in Scotland Yard in 1901.
ANLO7 TIL: Medieval European cuisine used to be more complex and flavorful. However, once spice became cheap and readily available to the poor, the elites started taking spices out of European cooking as they didn't want to be associated with the poor. This trend had lasting effects on European cuisine.
p81aA TIL people are making Money Right under Our Noses on YouTube (Just found out about this)
ovJK TIL that the atomic clocks aboard GPS satellites are programmed to compensate for time dilation due to General Relativity. Otherwise, after just one day, GPS devices would show coordinates that would be off by around 10Km!