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TIL the German word, waldeinsamkeit, has no equivalent in English, and means “the feeling of being alone in the woods”.

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Egn1W TIL We call heavy armoured fighting vehicles Tanks to keep their nature secret. The British pretended that they were water carriers or water tanks.
ne6QY TIL the US government helped to cover up and granted immunity to a Japanese unit which conducted horrifying and lethal human experiments on 200k-500k Chinese civilians during WW2 in exchange for the medical data they had gathered.
GAoaE TIL Missing Post Office, an artwork by Japanese artist Saya Kubota, is a "post office" where undeliverable letters are collected. Addressees include deceased individuals, future descendants, first loves to whom writers were unable to express their feelings, themselves, and long-time favorite items.
jaR TIL Christian Bale based Patrick Bateman on Tom Cruise and his “very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes”
GYQpN TIL about Ishi, the last native American Yahi. Due to Yahi customs a person may not speak his name until formally introduced by another Yahi. When asked for his name he'd say "I have none, because there were no people to name me." Ishi is the name given by a anthropologist, translated as "man".