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TIL the nonsense song that Rafiki sings to Simba in The Lion King is actually a common Swahili children’s song

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rwDy TIL that the terms “Panic Attack” and “Anxiety Attack” are not the same thing, but are both still used interchangeably.
QNvE9 TIL I learned in 1973 a man carrying guns and a bomb robbed a bank in Kenora, Ontario. Upon leaving the bank he was killed a police sniper detonating the bomb. To this day his identity has never been determined.
xVD5D TIL that during the Golden Dragon massacre in 1977, Chinatown gangsters murdered five diners in a botched assassination attempt. After hiding out until morning, the perpetrators bought noodles from the very same restaurant.
jNEbM TIL it’s believed that babies see the world upside down for the first few days while their brains learn how to flip the image received by the brain to be right side up.
jNEEv TIL some trucks in North Korea are powered by burning charcoal because the price of oil is too high for most citizens.