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TIL Ash Ketchum comes from CATCH EM ALL...

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XErm8 TIL about Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky a Russian photographer who traveled the Russian Empire from around 1909 to 1915, and would take 3 individual black-and-white photos, each with a filter (red, blue, and green) to create high-quality pictures in full color way before full color images were available.
nekBr TIL that in 2016, a scientific expedition climbing Mount Everest to study the link between hypoxia and cognitive decline had to turn back after its own members developed hypoxia
1pO TIL that the first Spaniard to meet Mesoamericans died fighting for his adopted homeland - against Spain
R5j86 TIL "the knock" (Da-da da-da da, da-da) is actually a call-and-response tune known as "Shave and a Hardcut, two bits"
9Ye1X TIL Circle A Ranch in Iberia, Missouri is cross-breeding Wagu beef and Angus beef to make Wangus Beef.