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TIL that a dry seasonal riverbed can be called a wadi

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LkerZ TIL that the Latin word for left hand is "sinister". This prejudice against left-handed people eventually made the word sinister mean evil and threatening.
8ljP TIL that in 2006, thieves planning to steal one of a zoo’s koalas changed tack after it proved too vicious and stole a crocodile instead which was easier
d8mw7 TIL that the widespread myth that HIV was created by the USA government was originally spread as a disinformation campaign by the KGB, in an operation called Infektion
GYvR1 TIL Asia's richest person, Mukesh Ambani ($60.8 billion net worth), lives in a $1 billion home dubbed "Antilla" located in Mumbai, India. The 27-story home boasts a whopping 400,000 square feet of living space and has a staff of 600
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