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TIL an African tribe still wears Victorian clothes, the style of former German occupiers that they’ve made their own

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xXbg TIL male rape victims can be held accountable for child support
woMQM TIL that the battle of Tsushima, also known in Japan as the Battle of the Sea of Japan was the only decisive engagement ever fought between modern steel battleship fleets and the first in which wireless telegraphy (radio) played a critically important role.
WkJOd TIL about 40% of all Vietnamese people have the surname Nguyễn. It is also the 7th most popular surname in Australia, and 2nd in Melbourne in particular.
oRZYr TIL in 2018, footwear retailer Payless set up a fake luxury store. Their aim was to see if people would be willing to pay luxury prices for their discount footwear. It succeeded, with shoppers agreeing to pay upto about $600 for footwear that would typically cost between $19.99 and $39.99.
5Ky9 TIL of the Crooked Forest, a grove in trees in Poland that grow with a 90 degree bend at the base of their trunks. No one knows why they grow like this.