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TIL The Inuit people of northern Greenland had many metal knives and tools despite having no mines or smelting: they used enormous iron meteorites for their metal which American explorer Robert E. Peary ultimately stole.

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m1d0Y TIL about the Egg fried rice protests by Chinese internet users against the government, occurring yearly around October 24, the birthday of Mao Anying, son of Mao Zedong, or around November 25, the date of his death.
N7pAb TIL 39 minutes of footage was cut from first John Wick movie and it mostly included visually amazing shots which were "just Keanu Reeves walking in cool environments."
oRaeR TIL Benjamin Zephaniah was expelled from school at 13, illiterate due to dyslexia. He went on to become famous for his poetry and novels.
16Ojr TIL about herma, a sculpture with a head and a torso above a plain lower section, on which male genitals were carved at the appropriate height. In ancient Greece the statues were thought to ward off harm or evil. They would be rubbed or anointed with olive oil and adorned with garlands or wreaths
ADLgo TIL of Huberta, a South-African hippopotamus who set off in 1928 on 1600km journey over three years where she attracted crowds, became revered and was eventually declared royal game.