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TIL that Finns weren’t originally considered “white” in the United States, they were linked to Mongols and called “China Swedes” due to not speaking an Indo-European Language

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JYmPk TIL Brazil has nearly 60,000 murders a year, more than the US, Canada, Australia, all of Europe, China, and many Asian countries combined.
0dP0R TIL That the often represented visual of the Jellyfish is their Ephyra or Medusa developmental stage. Before the Ephyra stage, it is attached to the ground and has a "stalk-like" structure. This is known as the Polyp stage.
pYZj4 TIL that while shooting a TV series, 12-year-old Kurt Russell gave co-star Charles Bronson a birthday gift but the older actor walked away without responding. Bronson, who grew up very poor, later thanked Russell, explaining he had never been given a birthday gift before.
ZyWp TIL that when shampoo is poured onto a layer of shampoo, it can leap. This is known as the ‘Kaye Effect’.
nWvoY TIL that the richest person in the world is France's Bernard Arnault (with a net worth of $214.4 billion), and that he got his start in the luxury goods industry when he bought Christian Dior in 1985 for $15 million, using money from his father’s successful construction business.