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TIL The Knights Templar is still a surviving order in Portugal

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69g9Q TIL that the CIA used psychological warfare against Philippine resistance forces in the 1950s by taking advantage of mythical 'Aswang' (vampire-like in Filipino folklore) against the people by puncturing holes on the necks of dead bodies resembling aswang bites & piling them on the sides of roads.
gMaW7 TIL Since the death of Confucius in 479 BC, all his descendants have been registered. With over 2 million registered descendants alive today. Making it the largest family tree in the world.
kOnkd TIL If you die climbing mount Everest, most likely your body wont be recovered. Over 300 people have died on mt. Everest l, most of their corpses are still on mountain.
ljAG TIL there’s an ice cream that changes colour as you eat it!
OkLL TIL that in 2012, the CEO of Lenovo received a $3 million bonus as a reward for record profits which he in-turn redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo’s employees. He did this again in 2013.