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TIL That the books / elements of Avatar The Last Aibender were inspired by a 17th century Japanese martial arts manual containing 5 chapters: The books of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Void (spiritualism)

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nWEyb TIL that on 9/11, an estimated 500,000 people were evacuated from Lower Manhattan on ferries, yachts and charter boats, making it the largest water evacuation in history.
W79OL Today I learned that eight elements were discovered in the village of Ytterby in Sweden, and four of these elements (yttrium, terbium, erbium, and ytterbium) were named after Ytterby itself.
wLV6 TIL in the French version of Animal Farm by George Orwell “Napoleon” the pig is often changed to “Caesar”. This is because it’s illegal to name a pig Napoleon in France
MNKV TIL there are almost twice as many 7-Eleven’s in Japan than in the USA.
R5DO9 TIL of the Tlatelo Massacre ahead of the '68 Olympics where Mexican Army Intelligence shot the Army General in charge of the troops providing security in a false flag operation blaming the students so the army opened fire on student protestors.