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TIL That The Manila Envelope is Called That Because of Its Main Component: Manila Hemp

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W70Vd TIL There are insurance companies that offer abuse and molestation insurance for churches.
oR5xW TIL that prehistoric humans in the Indo-Burma region engaged in turtle and tortoise farming, and are thought to have spread the elongated tortoise beyond its natural range due to using the species as a food source.
rRZk0 TIL Astronomers from Johns Hopkins University, studying spectral analysis of over 200,000 galaxies, initially determined the average color of the universe to be a greenish white. Later study corrected this to a slight beige. A vote followed by press coverage christened the final color "Cosmic Latte"
NKnE TIL there is a glacier called “Blood Falls” in Antarctica that regularly pours out red liquid, making it look like the ice is bleeding.
4b9J TIL The Clever Hans effect is where a trained animal appears to be performing intellectual tasks, but is in actuality responding to involuntary cues in the body language of human trainers. The effect is named after a horse which was claimed to be able to perform arithmetic.