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TIL: The La Brea Tar Pits is a good example of a tautological place name - “The The Tar Tar Pits”. Others include; Torpenhow Hill, or Hillhillhill Hill…

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rG7e TIL that the Crips street gang was formed with the purpose of eliminating other street gangs and forming a neighborhood watch.
GyE4 TIL in 1987, Christian missionaries visited an isolated Brazillian tribe that had not had hardly any contact with the outside world, and in the process introduced viruses that caused 25% of the tribe’s population to die in the following six years.
WZod TIL “hedgehog’s dilemma” describes hedgehogs’ inability to cuddle for warmth due to their spikes, and is a metaphor for the challenges of human intimacy..
d81Rj TIL that baby and children’s brains look/seem to function very similarly to an adult brain on psychedelics (LSD, psilocybin, etc)
awRVM TIL BBC has a kids show called “RastaMouse” where the main character- RastaMouse, is a Jamaican, crime-fighting, reggae music star