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TIL that while on a trip to Moscow, someone stole and attempted to ransom the costumes from the popular Australian kids TV show “Bananas in Pyjamas.”

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g7E8 TIL of Major Digby Tatham-Warter, who led a bayonet charge at the Battle of Arnhem while wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella. He later used his umbrella to disable an armoured car.
0ww4v TIL a tribe in Australia who speaks the Kuuk Thaayorre language, perceives time as passing east to west (following the sun's path) as opposed to left to right (following the way we read). They also speak of direction in cardinal terms (NESW) instead of ego-centric terms (left, right, front, back).
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EgVDV TIL that DJ Steve Aoki’s father is the founder of the Benihana restaurant chain
prnZ TIL Polo shirts were originally invented for tennis by famous player Rene “The Crocodile” Lacoste and only later adopted by polo players