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TIL that Cuba has their own Ubuntu-based operating system.

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Zp7nY TIL Judaism is one of the oldest, still practiced, religions in the world. Though 'modern' Judaism has its roots in 500BCE, The oldest forms of Judaism are found in the Bronze Age in 1000BCE stemming from the worship of one of many polytheistic gods who would eventually be worshiped alone: Yahweh.
6948Z TIL: The Horses of Medieval Times Weren't Much Bigger Than Modern-Day Ponies
78GaO TIL that a 2012 article in New York selected Benjamin Harrison as the "most forgotten president."
rNn4w TIL there's a famous Go game called the "blood-vomiting game", known for 3 brilliant moves by winner Honinbo Jowa and for his opponent Intetsu Akaboshi coughing up blood onto the board, which led to his premature death at 25
bwR9 TIL Martin Luther King Day is celebrated in Japan to teach the importance of electoral politics and non-violent social change