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TIL: The Philippines had a pre-colonial caste system with distinct social classes.

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8w4P TIL that Nestlé is draining developing countries to produce its bottled water, destroying countries’ natural resources before forcing its people to buy their own water back.
nW6Zd TIL that in AFL football the longest kick in history was 98 metres (107 yards) kicked by Albert Thurgood. It’s apparently hotly debated though with Fred Fanning allegedly kicked 105.5 metres (116 yards). This all happened before 1950!
NerE TIL that when Weird Al asked Kurt Cobain if he could make a parody of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, Cobain asked if it was about food.
bm7a TIL Benedict Cumberbatch and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield are cousins
wdlY TIL that one day in 1880, three men from Arkansas, searching for a wildcat, stumbled on a mysterious cave whose inside was covered in a radiant blue color. The three men immediately fell ill and were covered in sores after leaving the cave. They had discovered the first radium mine in America.