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TIL: The soft inner part of bread is called the Crumb, not to be confused with crumbs

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vP0VL TIL The Catholic order of the Jesuits managed to create what is described as a "socialist Theocracy" among native Americans living near the Rio de la Plata, they also armed the native Americans with then modern weaponry to defend themselves against incursions by slave traders into their territory.
wAAE TIL that chinese people used to think pandas were monsters.
WdNd TIL It is illegal to refuse a person a glass of water in the state of Arizona.
yVdmw TIL Hyenas and Wild dogs have been known to eat their prey alive, because of lions who will inevitably come to steal the prey. This might explain why zebras are highly skittish in nature.
oBagE TIL the the 1960s was the heyday for the Quicksand trope - almost 3% of films showed characters sinking in clay, mud, or sand.