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TIL in Germany you can name a cyclone or anticyclone for a donation to meteorology, which is why they call the current European windstorm "Sabine" rather than "Ciara"

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6oMJ TIL that exists a drum-solo loop known as the “Amen Break” considered one of the most used samples of digital history, you can hear it in the theme song of Futurama and it is the basis of a whole musical genre called Drum and Bass
GY5B7 TIL for color blind people peanut butter looks green instead of brown
a8wnM TIL of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, an Italian composer who was expelled from Italy because he was Jewish and ended up working in the USA for Metro-Goldwin-Mayer and other Hollywood productions
loab1 TIL that a video game to help children with ADHD was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called EndeavorRx.
16Om7 TIL the president of India is female.