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TIL that not all sunscreens are reef-friendly, and some are harmful to coral reefs

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dOVK TIL: tradition says that when entering a house or any other building, samurais had to leave their katana with a servant, but the wakizashi (a shorter katana) could be worn at all times and places. This is why the wakizashi is often called the samurai’s side arm
JYvj8 TIL of Afrihili, a constructed language designed in 1970 by Ghanaian historian K. A. Kumi Attobrah (Kumi Atɔbra) to be used as a lingua franca in all of Africa
v1nmR TIL In 1974, the North Korean government ordered 1000 Volvo 144 cars as well as other manufacturing equipment from Sweden but never actually payed for any of it. They currently owe about $320000000 in debt to Sweden.
LJ00 TIL Steel loses 90% of it’s strength at 50% of the melting point and doesn’t need to melt to have a structural failure
newJo TIL The oldest operating brewery in the world, the Weihenstephan, started brewing beer 450 years before America was discovered.