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TIL In the United States Brazil nuts were, until the 1960s, known by the epithet “nigger toes,”.

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kLy1 TIL that Mongols under the rule of Genghis Khan pulled the bowstrings of their bows back with their thumb instead of using a “Mediterranean draw” with three fingers, so to protect their thumbs, the Mongols invented a “thumb ring”
8Vb8 TIL That an unidentified man was found on a beach in South Australia 68 years ago. He has never been identified, in his pocket was the words “Tamam Shud” torn from a book meaning “finished” or “ended”. There are theories he was a Cold War spy due to the circumstances of his death.
nEpP TIL the Christopher Nolan “Tumbler” Batmobiles were street-ready vehicles built from scratch, not shells on top of existing cars, capable of high-speed driving, jumping, and tight cornering.
4kolg TIL upon the unification of Germany in 1871, Ulysses S. Grant expressed that he thought the German union to be quite similar to the American Union and said that he thought of it as a reproduction of the "best features of the U.S. Constitution.
jKVj TIL that when a person experiences sleep paralysis, it is quite common to feel a presence in the room like a ghost called an Intruder.