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TIL that former NBA player Steve Nash was an accomplished chess player at a young age but quit in the fourth grade after making an opponent cry

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aQwb TIL that Darwin was proven wrong by astronauts: he believed plant roots grow sideways because of gravity, but plants grown on the ISS also have skewed roots
L5vd TIL In Japan, buying a can of hot coffee from a vending machine is marketed as an ‘American’ thing and advertisements have included celebrities like Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Pitt and Arnold Schwarzenneger.
a8EYb TIL that a genetic mutation made the Arabian Peninsula population lactose tolerent and able to survive on camel milk and live in arid climate. This was a factor in early Muslims' victories over the Persian and Roman empires as Arab fighters could launch raids before retreating deep into the desert
xAkD TIL in Iran “thumbs up” means a penis
16OMO TIL Kaluga (Huso dauricus), also known as the river beluga, is a large predatory sturgeon found in the Amur River basin. With a maximum size of at least 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) and 5.6 m (18.6 ft), the kaluga is one of the biggest of the sturgeon family.