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TIL The name "orangutan" is derived from the Malay and Indonesian words orang, meaning "person", and hutan, meaning "forest", thus "person of the forest".

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Y7gOZ TIL baby manta rays are born like little burritos, with their fins wrapped around their bodies.
xVxj1 TIL Frosty the Snowman was animated in Tokyo, making it, by definition, an anime. The same studio (Mushi Productions) also animated Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (because they're made with stop-motion, they don't count).
ANpBn TIL that there is a "sin tax" on certain goods deemed harmful to society and individuals such as alcohol, tobacco, drugs, candies, soft drinks, fast foods, coffee, sugar and gambling - used to increase prices in an effort to lower demand.
V7wQ TIL that the deepest layer of the ocean, the hadopelagic zone, is named after the realm of Hades, the Greek underworld. This ranges from 6000m (3.7 miles) deep, down to the very lowest reaches. Populations are sparsest here, and are believed to be sustained by marine snow and thermal vents.
rR74x TIL: There is a mine in Canada buried and frozen with left over arsenic dust to kill every person in the world.