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TIL in almost every adaptation of Dora the Explorer outside the US and UK, Dora teaches English, not Spanish.

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l8dN TIL that scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
b6kDa TIL that during WWII, the U.S. Army designed a grenade to be the same size and weight as a baseball, making it easier for American soldiers to throw.
Pl9J TIL an uncontacted tribe still inhabits an island in the Indian Ocean, living as simple hunter-gatherers. They are vigorously hostile to outsiders, and have not yet developed early technologies such as agriculture or writing.
KYN8J TIL Anne V. Coates, Academy winning editor of Lawrence of Arabia, edited 50 Shades of Grey when she was 89
djME TIL ciabatta is not a traditional Italian bread- it was invented in the 80s as a response to the popularity of baguettes