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TIL that South Africa is actually a country, and not actually a region used to represent the southern part of Africa.

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jNdQn TIL the Theremin was invented by a Soviet scientist when he added a sonic element to his gas density analyzer. It is the only musical instrument that is played without touching it.
QJoye TIL that blue wine is actually a real thing! First produced in Spain, it is made from a mixture of white and red grapes, anthocyanine (devrived from the skin of red grapes) and indigotine for the colour and natural sweetners. It cannot actually be sold/marketed as wine in the European Union though.
16YW TIL John Young smuggled a roast beef sandwich into space.
b9QMZ TIL Moths don't like light at all! They use moonlight to navigate by night. By keeping the moon at a constant angle, they could ensure they traveled in a straight line. Unfortunately, they now confuse electric lights with the moon and try to navigate by them so they keep going around it, confused.
GAYeJ TIL that prior to the advent of city parks, it was quite common for people to picnic in cemeteries