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TIL Kindergartners in Siberia run outside in their underwears and dump freezing water over themselves to strengthen their immune systems.

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XE40j TIL that German was the most-studied foreign language in the U.S. in the years before and even during World War I. About a quarter of high schoolers studied it right before the U.S. entered the war, but only about 1% of high schools still taught it after the war.
J1Kvk TIL Ginger you get served with sushi is for cleaning your pallet. When trying differently prepared sushi, swab ginger between for new perspectives. That’s what it’s for!
M7048 TIL a Chinese teenager defaced a stone sculpture in ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple with graffiti. An embarrassed Chinese traveller photographed it and shared on Weibo. It took just a day before outraged netizens tracked the teenager down in his hometown forcing his parents to apologize for him.
jxkj TIL The 52 cards in a standard deck represent the 52 weeks of the year
M7Eeb TIL: There is an 8,000 year old cave painting of a human gathering honey from a natural bee hive