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TIL that despite being one of the 3 most important gods in Hinduism, Brahma the creator is rarely worshipped. There are few temples dedicated to him in India.

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W7rkX TIL in 1830, Captain Robert FitzRoy of HMS Beagle abducted a native Yaghan boy, later named Jemmy Button, to England after a boat theft incident. In 1833, Jemmy was returned home to Tierra del Fuego with Charles Darwin during the Beagle’s famous voyage.
4XZ6R TIL The Lekki Conservation Center In Lekki, Nigeria, is an oasis of nature within the urban chaos of Lagos, and the suspended canopy walkway that rises over the reserve is the longest in all of Africa
J1NLV TIL About Tolkien Peak, which is near Mount Gandalf, Mount Aragorn, and Mount Shadowfax, in British, Columbia, Canada. taken from fictional characters in his books, which were read while waiting out stormy weather during the 1972 first ascents.
vPjGr TIL the Beechcraft KingAir outsold all of its competitors… combined.
dO78 TIL that Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, was originally a scientist researching physical chemistry