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TIL that East Germany had an internet domain (.dd)

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gMkGA TIL that the opposite of "déjà vu" is "jamai vu" -- the sensation that you know rationally that you should be familiar with a thing, but you have an eerie sensation that you are seeing the thing for the first time.
awk60 TIL that Oscar Romero, the Bishop of El Salvador, spoke out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations, and torture in his country. He was murdered by unidentified gunmen while celebrating Mass. He was later declared a saint by Pope Francis.
v1Rk7 TIL that Alex Lifeson, guitarist of Rush, was featured in a documentary when he was 17. It even has a part where he argues with his parents about playing music instead of going to school.
Wk10B TIL that in 1938, 25 students and a school bus driver were killed when a school bus driver didn't check for a train at a crossing. As a result all school buses stop and open their doors to look and listen to assure no trains are coming. As a result no such tragedies have since occurred.
ANKoo TIL the country Papua New Guinea has over 840 languages spoken within the nation, by far the most in the world.