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TIL there's a people and a language called Anāl

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pY89A TIL in 2009 researchers discovered a bottled message in Auschwitz. The message contained the name & number of seven inmates between 18-20 years old, and the hometowns they were taken from. At the discovery two of the inmates were alive, three had passed away, the fate of the last two is unknown
WkrMX TIL Chinese Martial Artist and Actor Bolo Yeung fought Bruce Lee and later, his son Brandon Lee.
mxrEv TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding that draws the different molecules close together, and because ethanol interferes with any open structures in the water, causing the molecules to pack closer together.
18lW TIL, Kim Cattrall, while filming Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country, posed for photos on the Enterprise bridge wearing nothing but Vulcan ears. Fearing harm to the franchise, Leonard Nimoy had the photos destroyed.
woEnW TIL: By 2100, China’s population will only be within the 700 million range.