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TIL that rural women in Burundi greet each other with a complex musical ritual called 'akazehe'

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x71B TIL that NASA discovered a planet with two suns. AKA Tatooine.
dDDW8 TIL about the Great Attractor which it was previously thought the Milky Way was moving towards at 1,342,162 mph, but now the Great Atractor AND the Milky Way are both moving towards Shapely Supercluster. Observation of these areas is blocked by the Milky Way for the next 100 million years.
nenbY TIL The star wars theme was written purposely on the same key as the 20th Century Fox fanfare (that used to appear before the movie started) so that there will be a continuous feeling and a smooth entry to the film for the viewers.
b6g49 TIL Early Superman comics taught kids how to achieve super-strength through exercises in lifting armchairs, getting a super-grip, and achieving super-vision by glancing at distant and near objects repeatedly
YpPr TIL the Leaning Tower of Pisa was almost destroyed by the Allied Forces because it was being used as an observation post by Germany. A soldier who was sent to confirm the use by the Germans prevented the airstrike that would have destroyed it because he was impressed by the beauty of it.