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TIL ‘Darling’ means 'favourite minion’.

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4ke5J TIL that hot sand frying is a common culinary technique among street vendors in China and India for cooking chestnuts and peanuts.
wJP8 TIL Japanese typewriters didn’t have thousands of keys - They only had one key
Xlb6 TIL that Kangaroo leather is lighter and stronger than cow or goat hide. It has 10x the tensile strength of cow and is 50% stronger than goat and is the material of choice for whips as the strips can be cut thin to keep the whip flexible, without sacrificing durability
9YKl6 TIL that the US is actually a net exporter of oil and petroleum products.
X0BXX TIL Crimean Gothic only died out in the 18th century.