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TIL the Vietnam War is known in Vietnam as the American War

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BgVDW TIL: Short Sleeper Syndrome is a gene mutation discovered by the University of Pittsburgh in 2014. They can function normally with less than 6 hours of sleep and never need to "recover" from lack of sleep as opposed to people who purposefully limit sleep. The mutation was given to mice and worked.
Ypkwr TIL Norway gets 99% of its electric power from hydropower
b9La4 TIL that the atmosphere has tides, similar to the ocean's.
NX681 TIL Former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe's motorcade was infamous for driving wrecklessly and causing repeated fatalities through the years. Locals referred to it as "Bob Mugabe and the Wailers"
8aPVK TIL Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction, Mission: Impossible) is the voice in the Arby's commercials ("Arby's! We have the meats!")