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TIL That research has shown that the best strategy for playing the board game "Guess Who?" is to ask narrow questions, rather than broad ones.

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j8EN TIL that in 1987, there were only 22 California Condors left on the planet. All of them were caught to help preserve the species, and now there are 435 birds, 237 of which are in the wild.
mxKWx TIL that Christopher Columbus ordered locals to give him gold and those who didn't got their hands chopped off
WkWl4 TIL the concept of private property was unknown to ancient Hawaiians. Instead they had "ahupua'a", a belief system that connected spirituality into the natural landscape. It emphasized the interrelationship of elements and beings and honored them in the activities of daily and seasonal life.
R8e4 TIL Fedoras originated as a popular fashion among women’s-rights activists.
NXya8 TIL that there is a debate on how many continents there are. The number varies from seven to four