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

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yQV9p TIL that just as % stands for per cent, ‰ stands for per mille
JYGQv TIL the subject of "Christina's World," one of the best-known American paintings of the middle 20th century, was Anna Christina Olson. The artist was inspired after observing her crawling across a field, which was due to her medical conditions- Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a genetic polyneuropathy.
BRMd TIL I learned that sometimes in the United States and Hungary, the phrase “The devil is beating his wife” can be used to mean the sun is shining while it is raining out.
XEabr TIL that Russian cosmonauts were provided with a multi-barrel gun to be taken with them on missions. Featuring two shotgun barrels, a lower rifle barrel and a built in machete, the TP-82 was intended to be used as a survival tool if the cosmonauts landed back on earth in the wilderness.
RNBw TIL In Japan, a third of people under 30 have never dated, and 45 percent of women say they have no interest in sex or even “despise” it.