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TIL The popular Mexican folkloric hero ‘Zorro’ actually existed. And he was Irish.

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VbLm TIL that Alexandre Vattemare, who created the first cultural exchange system between public libraries and museums, was a ventriloquist who trained as a surgeon, but was refused a diploma after making cadavers seem to speak during surgical exercises.
VMxK8 TIL bears make a purring sound somewhat like a cat when they are comfortable or eating a special treat or, for young bears, nursing. They make tongue click sounds when they are approaching other bears to mate or play.
b6XGp TIL there is a French superstition that magpies are the reincarnated souls of evil nuns.
9yOM TIL of “iron harvest”, in which nearly 900 tons of WWI unexploded munitions are recovered each year by Belgian and French farmers after ploughing their fields.
woVQo TIL that in Bhutan they prefer to talk about "Gross National Happiness" rather than Gross Domestic Product. Although the idea was conceptualized as early as 1972, it was not until 2008 that the first Bhutanese GNH survey was organized nationwide, thanks to a long questionnaire.