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TIL that the fruit, orange, was named before the color, which was commonly referred to as “yellow-red.” Hence why people with orange hair are called “redheads” and not “orangeheads.”

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wda6 TIL there is a Mongolian form of singing that creates a harmonic with the human voice. It allows one person to sing more than one tone simultaneously.
BByK TIL 26.5 million Canadians tuned into the gold medal final in men’s hockey during the 2010 Winter Olympics. That’s 80% of the entire country’s population.
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