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TIL that the QWERTY keyboard was set up so that the top row has all the letters needed to spell typewriter

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0o7y TIL that Trey Parker initially thought that the South Park episode “Make Love, Not Warcraft” would be the end of South Park’s positive reputation. The episode is considered one of the best by fans.
LkWym TIL not only has the world population more than doubled in the past 50 years, it was also below 2 billion just 100 years ago.
x6lYD TIL the is a "white only" town in South Africa called Orania. Intended to be an ethnostate for Afrikaners and seeks independence from the rest of the country.
nW9Yo TIL about the the nilgai, scientific name Boselaphus tragocamelus. The generic name Boselaphus comes from the combination of the Latin bos "cow/ox" and the Greek elaphos "deer". The specific name tragocamelus comes from two Greek words tragos "he-goat" and kamelos "camel". It is an antelope
mx1DO Since the 18th century, male academics cite their own papers on average 56% more than their female counterparts.