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TIL that German Chocolate Cake has nothing to do with Germany, but rather a man with the last name of German.

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78yEx TIL about the Skolts, a Sámi ethnic group who live in Finland, Russia and Norway and traditionally lived off reindeer husbandry, hunting and fishing. Of the approximately 1250 Skolts, only around 400 can speak the Skolt language.
16xYO TIL Vanilla Extract can be used as a sedative
GYLw1 TIL that our current smartphones have a power of calculation far superior from the one the NASA had to send man in space during the 60s
W7jwB TIL No federal legislation specifically opposing lynching was passed in the US until 2022
e0w5D TIL that bamboo is the fastest growing plant in the world and can grow roughly 0.9 meters in a day if presented with the appropriate conditions.