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TIL that in the Brazilian Amazon there’s a thousand year old stone observatory similar to Stonehenge

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9xlD TIL 95% of phones sold in Japan are completely waterproof.
XE6r8 TIL an angry caller left Mike Judge a voicemail during Beavis and Butt-Head‘s original run, ranting how much he hated his show it in an incomprehensible accent. Judge found the caller hilarious and used him as inspiration for Jeff Boomhauer and his distinctive speech patterns in King of the Hill.
16MZ8 TIL "emotional labor" is the process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill the emotional requirements of a job, including regulating their personas during interactions, suppression of expressions of felt emotions and expression of emotions that aren't actually felt
nWW0r TIL that in India, over 90% of people Do Not wear seatbelts in the back seat. Similarly, only 20% of Indian Children travelling on motorbikes have helmets.
awZnb TIL of Ishmael LaBeet, who was convicted of murdering 8 in the US Virgin Islands in 1972. Still in custody, he hijacked the plane that was transferring him to a mainland US prison in 1984 and rerouted to Cuba, where he has lived ever since.