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TIL humans cannot actually feel wetness; we only perceive it through temperature and pressure.

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BrLKx TIL the Chinese Baidu Baike is the world's largest encyclopedia, having 16 million articles.
7rmeX TIL that as an alternative Jewish Homeland to then British Palestine, Stalin's USSR set aside a small part of Siberia as a Jewish autonomous region. While largely unsuccessful the autonomous region still exists today. A collective farm was even called "Stalinfeld"
xVX07 TIL you don’t forget things you did when you were drunk, your brain just never recorded the memories as the events happened.
xVr9D TIL of Way Kambas National Park in Lampung Province Sumatra Indonesia. It is home to Sumatran Elephant, Tiger & Rhino, tapir & siamang. In 2016, Way Kambas was formally declared an ASEAN Heritage Park.
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