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TIL a Japanese/English creole language exists

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vAaR TIL of Najih Al-Baldawi, an Iraqi man who sacrificed himself by hugging a suicide bomber as they detonated inside a shrine, reducing the force of the blast and saving dozens of people.
VBK94 TIL That DNA Does Not Directly Code for Anatomy. The idea that biological forms are stored in DNA is an oversimplification challenged by developmental biology research showing the relationship between genotype and phenotype is far more complex, involving dynamic processes far beyond pure genetics.
d8117 TIL that the oldest person alive(120) sold her apartment at the age of 90 in exchange for monthly payments of 400€ until she died. The person she sold it to died at 77. Their family still had to pay her.
X0rAQ TIL about George Shima who would become the first Japanese American millionaire by growing about 85% of California's potatoes, which would earn him the nickname "The Potato King"
YpY1G TIL In the opening scene of the Disney movie 'The Little Mermaid', when King Triton arrives at the arena, Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck and Kermit the Frog can be briefly seen in the crowd of sea-people.