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TIL that Edamame beans are just unripe soy beans
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4XYG5
TIL that airports use birds, like ravens and raptors, in order to drive birds away from the landing and departing aircraft.
kJwRe
TIL during Zhu Di's rebellion against the Ming dynasty, as he was besieging Jinan and bombarding the city with cannons, the defenders put plaques with the name of Zhu Yuanzhang (Zhu Di's father and the Ming dynasty's first emperor) written on them on the walls, forcing Zhu Di to stop the siege.
e06lk
TIL that a brother-sister duo in Iceland would have different surnames. As a surname; the boy gets his father's first name with a '-son' in the end, the girl also gets the father's first name but with a '-dottir' in the end. Ultimately they end up having different surnames.
beM4
TIL that it’s not just the job market that makes recent grads unhappy or even depressed. It’s also strongly connected to the way our generation has been raised.
5Y6KD
TIL I learned the first American soldier to land on the beach durning the invasion of Normandy was shot twice and not only survived, but lived to be 90 years old.