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TIL that the San Francisco Fog has a twitter account and its name is Karl

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neMBP TIL Quebec prohibits women from taking their husband's last name, even if they want to
VM4MB TIL Robert A Heinlein challenged readers' possible racial preconceptions by writing strong, sympathetic characters, only to reveal later that they are of African or other ancestry.
neQ6B TIL That In English and German culture, Death is typically portrayed as male, but in French, Spanish, and Italian culture, it is not uncommon for Death to be female. In the Netherlands, Death is sometimes referred to as 'Uncle Hendrik'.
78ZgL TIL That falcons are most closely related to parrots, rather than other birds of prey
kDa4 TIL of the Taxil Hoax, where a Frenchman spent 12 years as a Roman Catholic writing anti-Masonic accounts, only to reveal it was a prank on the Church. As he said “…I thought I would kill myself laughing at some of the things proposed, but everything went; there is no limit to human stupidity”