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TIL Brazil has the biggest Japanese community outside of Japan.

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OGGKY TIL, that explorer Alexander Mackenzie and crew travelled a total of 4800km by canoe and portage in 1789 to the Arctic Ocean and back from Fort Chipewyan. 4 years later, in 1793, they travelled 3700km from Fort Fork to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to find new routes for the fur trade.
pYYB8 TIL earthworms are unable to drown like a human would, and they can even survive several days fully submerged in water. They breathe through their skin and can handle water as easily as air.
N7lwe TIL about Charles Bonnet Syndrome, which is like the phantom limb sensation for your eyes.
R5LG9 TIL At some point after the battle of Drepana, in which the roman navy was wiped, Claudia, the roman commander's sister got stuck in a traffic jam, and in a bit of road rage she yelled "i wish my brother was still alive to lose another navy and thin that crowd". She was tried for treason
NkvN TIL that to save cost and avoid faulty code in the 60’s, IBM created the ’ IBM Black Team’ which was a group of debuggers who were both respected and feared amongst the other developers.