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TIL Guyana's major ethnicity are Indians (from the country of India), more than black or native amerindians

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kOx4e TIL Hypnic jerks (that jolt you get that wakes you up just before you fall asleep) may well be left over from when we were tree-dwelling monkeys: the jerk reflex prevented us from falling asleep on an unsafe branch.
eEBk TIL that New Mexico State’s first graduating class in 1893 had only one student—and he was shot and killed before graduation
dDXrd TIL about "Typhoon Tip," the largest recorded hurricane with a diameter of over 1,300 miles, nearly half the size of the United States -- which occurred in 1979.
Wk8EN TIL In Morocco in 1914 , an invading French force took a Berber encampment by surprise, kidnapping two of the Berber leader's wives. The Berbers counterattacked and annihilated the French force, and later exchanged the dead body of the French leader for the two wives
VM09G TIL when Fat'h Ali became Shah of Persia in 1797, he was given a set of the Encyclopædia Britannica's 3rd edition, which he read completely; after this feat, he extended his royal title to include "Most Formidable Lord and Master of the Encyclopædia Britannica".