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TIL that Seals brought Tuberculosis to the Americas before Europeans.

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epEKD TIL that pineapples do not grow on trees, but on the ground
VBwkp TIL when Hokule'a, a double-hulled canoe, launched from Maui for Tahiti in 1975, it was the first time in approximately 800 years that a team of sailors used Polynesian wayfinding to navigate this route. A crowd of over 10,000 people gathered on the shores of Tahiti to welcome the team home.
AD17n TIL that Kartik Naach is a dance musical play that is performed every month of Kartik (October or November) in Nepal.
4kLMa TIL that The Vatican declared capybara to be "fish" so Venezuelans could eat their meat during Lent
wLvvW TIL of the 1626 AD Explosion in Beijing, one of the largest and most lethal explosions ever, and the exact cause hasn't yet been determined. Body parts and animals rained down from the sky. Everything within 3-14 miles was utterly obliterated. The explosion was about equal to the Hiroshima bombing.