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TIL IBM coined and popularized the word hexadecimal because the correct latin word- sexadecimal- was too racy

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x61b0 TIL of the “Christ of Europe”, a Polish concept that sees Poland as a Christ-like martyr for the sins of Europe owing to the historical oppression suffered by the Polish people
VRyp TIL there are officially over 55 different musical sub-genres of Metal (black metal, death metal, speed metal, etc…)
E1X4V TIL that an almost entirely white animal might not be an albino but leucistic, which is a very different condition. Albinoism means a lack of melanin and results in pink eyes, whereas leucism is only a partial loss of pigment and the animal has normal eyes.
xXJ5 TIL that traditional Catalan (Spain) nativity scenes always have a figure to the side in the act of defecation
R7k71 TIL Power lines look like terrifying bursts of light to animals that perceive UV light.