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TIL I learned that the British Museum may hold many artifacts from around the world and also refuses to hand over the artifacts they took it from.

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4XDpw TIL that although at first glance the single character sentence 子子子子子子子子子子子子 does not seem to make sense, when this sentence is read using the right readings of the kanji 子, it means "the young of cat, kitten, and the young of lion, cub".
8V7K TIL In 1977, 20th Century Fox had so little faith in the “Star Wars” franchise that they gave away all of the movie licensing and merchandising rights to George Lucas in exchange for his $500,000 directorial fee.
dk9E TIL that the only nation to commit a total genocide and exterminate the entirety of a race is not some dictatorial genocidal government, it was the British who exterminated every Tasmanian Aborigine.
PYPRZ TIL the split gill mushroom has over 23,328 distinct sexes, but they can't all successfully mate with one another. Each sex can only be fertile with 22,960 other sexes.
Eg417 TIL there's a syndrome caused by brain injury which causes an obsession with gourmet foods. Symptoms include "Wanting to write, talk, eat, about refined foods".