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TIL that Harry Potter books were translated from British to American English.

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bAeN TIL “Mele Kalikimaka,” the Hawaiian phrase for “Merry Christmas,” is actually just a phonetic attempt to say the English phrase using the palette of sounds available in the Hawaiian language.
8mmG TIL An Ethiopian Olympic runner couldn’t find a comfortable pair of shoes, so he ran the 1960 Olympic Marathon in Rome barefoot, finished first, and set a new World Record.
gMW4D TIL about Benjamin Careathers, an american man who sued RedBull in 2015, stating that after 10 years of consuming the product, he received no wings, or enhanced physical or intellectual performance.
jNZRQ TIL that after the Spanish Civil war, many Republicans fled to exile in France. During WW2 more than 60,000 Spanish Republicans, experienced in guerrilla warfare, joined the French Resistance and Free French Forces. The first allied division to enter Paris was almost entirely Spanish.
7rBJb TIL The US census bureau used to use “insane and idiots” and a demographic category