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TIL that 7 years after his Eurovision performance, Kristian Kostov of Bulgaria remains the only one among winners and runner-ups to be born in 2000s

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6EWJW Today I learned humans have been sailing for 8,000 years, about 1500 years longer than we have been using wheels.
QvQa TIL in the 50s a white man disguised himself as a black man and travelled to some of the most racially segregated parts of America. He found blatant acts of racism almost everywhere he went, and published a book about his experiences called Black Like Me.
e0wbJ TIL there's a stone age tribe of people untouched by civilization who kill you with arrows if you come near their island
epyvn TIL that after Encyclopedia Britannica stopped its publication in 2012, ending a 244 year run of published volumes, World Book remains the only encyclopedia still in print
BrXjK TIL that in 1963, some Barbie dolls came with a book entitled "How to Lose Weight" which advised "Don't eat!" and a bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs.