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TIL that pork is popular in Spain because it was used to show that you were not a Jew or Muslim during the Inquisition

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yQxRV TIL bats were considered birds until the 1700s. Also whales and manatees were thought to be fish.
GGAG TIL After a rude interaction, Zach Galifianakis once told January Jones “… everybody’s going to forget about you in a few years, so be fucking nice.”
JZYV TIL that although samurai are best known for their swordsmanship, originally the way of the warrior was the way of the horse and the bow. “kyūjutsu [art of archery] was actually considered a more vital skill for a significant portion of Japanese history”
OG88a TIL that USPS must deliver to every address in the USA, including a remote community in the Grand Canyon where the mail is delivered by mule.
KOD8w [TIL] There are enough words in the English dictionary that every 3m square on Earth can get its own unique three word address and Mongolia is now using this for their postal addresses