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TIL that Somali Piracy began as a response to illegal fishing which depleted local fish stocks

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m1vrE TIL the CIA funded the exhibition of modern art in Europe in the 1940s-60s in order to wage a cultural war on the Soviet Union. Via the Rockefeller Foundation and MOMA, the US government funded abstract expressionist exhibitions believing that they represented a counterpoint to Soviet realism style
OG5NR TIL There are fewer than nine Comanche speakers alive
9YOwD TIL that elephants have prehensile penises, meaning that they can use them to pick things up and perform other various tasks.
XEa9P TIL Toyota logo in 1936 is “TEQ”
EgoAP TIL there will be a total solar eclipse in Dunedin NZ, on July 22 2028: Maximum at 16:17:17, and totality duration 2m 52s