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TIL after communists overthrew Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, they established the Derg regime that massacred thousands of people in Ethiopia

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eaLg TIL that the word “idiot”, in Athenian democracy, referred to a person who was selfish and concerned only about their private affairs, while having no interest in public concerns at all.
AaNn TIL that the vikings were warrior-poets, and poetry was considered a gift from Odin himself.
mxwjY TIL: Scientists in India found a new species of pit vipers and named it after Salazar Slytherin. The new species is called Salazar’s spit viper.
E1Kp0 TIL that using maple syrup from La Belle Province: Coca-Cola has released a Quebec Maple flavour cola.
Me5GB TIL Prairie dog language is complex. They don’t just have a call for “danger”: their calls differentiate human, hawk, domesticated dog, coyote etc. and specify size & color. One study found that they can communicate “Here comes the short human in the yellow” (vs the tall human in blue) to each other