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TIL "Saudade" is the word for being nostalgic about past relationships that are hard to let go. It's the recollection of feelings/experiences/relationships/etc that brought happiness, but also the pain of separation from them. It acknowledges that longing for the past would detract from the future.

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vP68L TIL that Narendra Dabholkar, an Indian rationalist, who was assassinated by two gunmen, was cremated without any religious rites by his family. His daughter, and not son, lit the pyre, which was a departure from tradition where the son performs this duty.
pYNl4 TIL that Subutai, one of Genghis Khan's "Four Dogs", was the main general that spear-headed the Mongol invasions of China, Russia, and Europe, and his battle innovations inspired the likes of WW2 Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and General George Patton.
QJEld TIL of a Japanese criminal mastermind dubbed “The Monster with 21 Faces”. He was responsible for extorting and poisoning products at confectionary companies across Tokyo. His activity ceased after the ritual suicide of a police chief, who failed to stop him. He has never been caught.
YOjW TIL there was a woman in 1972 who possessed a visual acuity 20 times better than average. She could identify people at a distance of more than a mile (1.6 km).
QNLnp TIL of Virginia planter Robert Carter. Iluenced by his Baptist faith, Carter began what became the largest manumission and release of enslaved African Americans, freeing 500 slaves and settling many on his land.