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TIL that Sun Wukong from League of Legends was based off an actual Chinese Novel that dates back hundreds of years. And here I was thinking all those Chinese Mobile games featuring that monkey was ripping off LOL.

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jNb6j TIL Barysaw, Belarus, is divided by the river into old and new parts connected by two bridges. As usual for this region, families live mostly in flats in large, modern apartment buildings, but there are some single-family homes on the outskirts, some of which do not yet have indoor plumbing
R5Ro7 TIL the slowest speed of light ever achieved was 17 m/s ( 38 mp/h~ ) in 1998 by shooting a laser through extremely cold sodium atoms.
LklRv TIL the translation for 'breakfast' in Brazil is 'cafe da manha' which literally translates to 'coffee of the morning'. Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer.
6p8w TIL chunks of whale puke sell for as much as $150,000. After aging, the chunks become known as ambergris, developing a sweet musky smell. The material is highly sought after by high-end perfume manufacturers.
ZpV6p TIL of the hexamyriapentachiliapentahectatriacontaheptagon, a polygon with 65,537 sides.