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TIL In the "The Last of the Meheecans" episode of South Park, the couple that takes in Butters as an immigrant worker name him "Mantequilla", which means butter in Spanish.

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YpKjW TIL Võ Nguyên Giáp, a general in the Vietnam People's Army, had no direct military training & was a history teacher at a French-speaking academy. He would later earn the moniker "Red Napoleon" by some Western sources. He has been called one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century
oBxvo TIL a part of the human population can voluntarily control the tensor tympani, a muscle within the ear. Contracting this muscle produces vibration and sound. The sound is usually described as a rumbling sound
X06lr Til the Great Fire of London Monument has a higher death count then the actual Great Fire of London
grL8b TIL Osama Bin Laden was a fan of Dragon Ball Z games and he used to play many other games including Counter-Strike, Half-Life & Super Mario.
W71jY TIL the unique, vibrant shade of blue known as "Voronet blue" used for paintings at the Voronet Monastery (Sistine Chapel of the East), Romania, contains a paint substance still unknown today. In 1488 builder Stephen the Great ("the athlete of Christ") finished the monastery in 3 mths, 3 wks, 3 days