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TIL in 2015 more Americans reported being of German ancestry than being black.

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xVOlo TIL that when trying to expand into the China in the late 1980s, KFC mistakenly mistranslated their famous “It’s Finger Lickin’ Good” slogan to “Eat Your Fingers Off”
OoY1R TIL a brand name becoming 'genericized' can lead to the creator losing copyright. For this reason, companies desperately try to avoid their product names becoming the generic term for an item like Band-Aid or Photoshopped.
m1m7R TIL Although millions of people living in low-lying coastal-adjacent communities will face serious flooding by 2050, it doesn't necessarily mean cities will be underwater or become uninhabitable. Many cities around the world have land below the high-tide line
LQYrd TIL: Your memories aren’t stored in a single place – Instead, they are reconstructed from different brain regions every time you recall them. Over time, repeatedly recalling a memory can make it more about how you last remembered it rather than the original event itself.
KOmV9 TIL about Calcio Fiorentino - A 27 on 27 sport fusing football, rugby, and literal fighting