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TIL of Wagahai, a Japanese pronoun used almost exclusively by fictional talking animals.

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P11Rg TIL In 2018, National Geographic magazine apologized for publishing decades of unacceptable past coverage after editor Susan Goldberg found a photo caption of Aborginal Australians from 1916 that left her "speechless". During that era, indigenous Australians were anticipated to be a dying race
OoAP1 TIL that although no longer connected to the beer company, Guinness World Records was founded by the managing director of Guinness Brewery in the 1950s.
4yog TIL that while humans possess three types of color receptor cones in their eyes, a Mantis Shrimp carries sixteen color receptive cones giving them the ability to recognize colors that are unimaginable by other species.
5QDn TIL The Anti-Defamation League in the US was busted for spying on US citizens (and others) in support of the South-African apartheid regime and Israel.
loE0r TIL green tea, black tea, oolong tea all come from the same plant. The only difference is the oxidization level of the leaves.