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TIL that "Dora the Explorer" is a pun on the Spanish word for explorer: "exploradora"

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KnG TIL The word “Scumbag” means condom.
klxE TIL according to the FBI’s 2007 statistics, interracial violent crime is at least 8x more likely to be black on white than white on black. The study found over 430,000 instances of black on white robberies, murders, assaults, etc., compared to about 55,000 white on black violent crimes
p80Jp TIL that Ethiopia's Salt Ponds Contain One of the Few Places Life Cannot Survive on Earth: The Dallol pools are likely so hot, salty and acidic that even extremophile microbes are unable to enter.
ZpJgp TIL Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson's enslaved underage mistress, was also his wife's half sister
grxeb TIL: About the West European tradition of ‘Telling the bees’