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TIL that some San Francisco streets are named after Gold Rush-era prostitutes

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KY9eB TIL that NYC’s drinking water contains tiny shrimp, making it technically not kosher
v1pn7 TIL Karen is a man’s name outside of Germanic-based languages
ZYG4 TIL there is an island called North Sentinel Island, and it is home to an small, ancient tribal civilization called the Sentinelese. They are one of the last groups on the planet to be virtually untouched by modern civilization and are known to murder those who get too close to their island.
Z845v TIL that in 2008, fossilized ink sacs we recovered from preserved remains of Belemnotheutis cephalopods. Mixed with ammonia solution, the team was able to return the ink to its liquid form and used the ~150 million year old ink to draw a replica of of the original illustration of Belemnotheutis.
rvLx TIL that up until just 2,000 years ago there were Lemurs the size of a male Gorilla on Madagascar