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TIL under apartheid, Japanese people in South Africa were considered white, while Chinese people weren’t

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J1p71 TIL after losing her position in her university's anatomy department in 1938, Rita Levi-Montalcini set up a laboratory in her bedroom and studied the growth of nerve fibers in chicken embryos. This work led to her discovery of nerve growth factor, for which she was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1986.
0dpgA TIL the Army of the United States is not the same as the US Army. The Army of the US is one of four components, also including the Regular Army, the Army Reserve and the National Guard. If you're drafted you go into the Army of the US, but it's been dormant since 1973.
5Y68Q TIL humans have the largest penises of all the great apes. Gorillas come up particularly short, with an average erect length of 3cm.
yonp TIL Walt Disney originally planned EPCOT to be a functioning Utopian city of the future.
KQ9R TIL Elephants are so afraid of bees that the mere sound of buzzing is enough to make an entire herd flee. They have even developed a special rumble just to warn each other if bees are nearby.