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TIL about the Gullah subgroup of African Americans. Their language and culture have preserved a significant influence of Africanisms as a result of their historical geographic isolation and the community's relation to their shared history and identity

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EgEYd TIL that Volkswagen, one of the biggest car makers in the world, also produces a type of sausage called currywurst, which they mainly serve to their employees. The company has in fact, made more sausages than they've made cars.
XE7EP TIL Morgan Freeman finds Black History Month ridiculous, stating “You're going to relegate my history to a month? I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history.”
kLEB TIL that only two of the 185 countries in the International Labour Organization do not have laws mandating parental leave- the United States, and Papua New Guinea.
dDaPr TIL that a 20th-cent scientist called Margarita Salas discovered the order in which messenger RNA is read, as well the existence of S Φ29 phage DNA polymerase. Through her work, she created a way to replicate trace amounts of DNA into quantities large enough for full genomic testing
gBxA TIL the “Law & Order” sound is “technically a piece of music”, so composer Mike Post gets a royalty every time it is played. Post calls the sound “ching ching” because he’s “making money off of it.”