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TIL about Duck Shit Tea (“Ya Shi Xiang” or “鸭屎香”), a delicious Chinese tea that was apparently given this name by the farmer who discovered it, so as to deter others from stealing the tea plant from him.

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5GGk TIL: The first woman was accepted to medical school by accident. The issue was up to vote by the male students, with the stipulation that if one student objected, she would be rejected. They thought it was so ludicrous that they believed it to be a joke, and voted unanimously to accept her.
dDlMd TIL there Greek Island of Kinaros with only two residents. Kyra Rinio, an 80 year-old woman and her dog, Shiva.
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