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Rb58 TIL That Mindy Kaling’s real name is Vera Chokalingam; her parents called her Mindy because they thought it was a “cute American name,” and liked the name from the TV show “Mork & Mindy.”
ZQAY TIL that there’s a Welsh settlement in Argentina called Y Wladfa, where they speak Patagonian Welsh. It was set up in 1865 as a “little Wales beyond Wales”.
ANPk4 TIL in 2020, on average, more than 2700 new podcasts were created PER DAY
WkPN4 TIL that Mikhail Gorbachev is still alive and living in Russia. I mean... that's weird, right?
5YGMB TIL that melanin forms a protective cap over the nucleus to protect against DNA damage.