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TIL that during a blind taste test, expert wine connoisseurs couldnt tell the difference between red and white wine.

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8ePob TIL about the thrifty scot stereotype, a dying trope where Scottish people are often characterized as exceedingly stingy
VBMaZ TIL about A-not-A questions. Particularly in Asian languages, yes/no questions are asked by repeating the verb, for example "you watch not watch movie", and is answered by repeating the verb "watch" or "not watch". This can reduce confusion when answering questions.
mwxp TIL That there’s a tv channel in America named “History” and airs a show about Aliens shaping human civilization.
wojZ1 TIL the word Covid-19 appeared in the dictionary a record 34 days after coinage. Before that, the fastest was AIDS, which took two years.
Br5AL TIL that Louisiana is the state with the highest average number of sexual partners per person, with an average of 15.7; the National average is 7.7.