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TIL that Hello Kitty is not a cat; she's a British third-grader with a twin, according to Sanrio

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rN9Je TIL about ninja rocks, small ceramic shards that are (were) used in car burglary. These small shards instantly shatter a car's window, making it easy to steal them.
Y8Gx TIL Fanny Cochrane Smith was the last fluent Tasmanian speaker; she also recorded the only known audio recordings of Tasmanian music, which you can hear on Wikipedia.
VB0Wp TIL about Georges Ruggiu. A Belgian civil servant, who at 35 moved to Rwanda, become a radio presenter for the ruling party (despite not speaking the native language) and demonised the Tutsis, which ended in their genocide.
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