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TIL about the Sentinelese, a hunter-gatherer tribe in the Andaman Islands who speak an unknown language and practice complete autonomy over their affairs. Little is known about them because they are extremely hostile to outsiders who approach their island.

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m1x6O TIL about Joe Kieyoomia, a Navajo soldier who survived both the Bataan Death March and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. He was tortured more than other prisoners because he was mistaken for being a Japanese American traitor. After the war he returned home to New Mexico and lived to 77.
nWvdP TIL: A US Study had owners train their parrots to video call other parrots using a touchscreen tablet. The study found "pet parrots that are allowed to make video calls to other birds show signs of feeling less isolated," among other effects and benefits.
jNWAR TIL Cato the Elder(a notoriously uptight grouch) expelled a man from the roman senate for embracing his wife in public and in front of their daughter. Cato went on to say that he never hugs his own wife, except during thunderstorms, and added that "thunderstorms make him a really happy man"
67RZ TIL Col Reynolds, a bus driver who after his messy divorce took kids with cancer on tours our of his own pocket, and then started his own charity, has raised over $15 Million and funded the lab that created exciting new cancer drug TR100.
RW01 TIL that one of the most famous actresses of the silent film era in the US was Alla Nazimova, originally from Russia. She had romantic affairs with a number of other actresses and coined the use of the phrase “sewing circle” to refer to closeted lesbian or bisexual actresses of her day.