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TIL 98% of Latinos in USA do not like to identify themselves with Latinx label. Hispanic and Latino are still preferred terms

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5Agn TIL letters of the alphabet being referred to as “uppercase” and “lowercase” originated from the printing press. Typesetters would store all the individual letters in two cases. The capital letters were stored in the Upper Case and the rest were stored in the lower.
oRoM8 TIL that 5th Element director Luc Besson and Milla Jovovich started a relationship after Maiwenn (who played the Diva) and he broke up. Luc and Milla by the end of the film would have casual conversations in the "Divine Language" that Luc had made up, and that Milla added to
wv4E TIL that in 1978 the Canadian Museum of Nature fabricated a heist story to cover up the fact that they’d misplaced their Goodwill Moon Rock. The story was only given to one person: the 17 year old who’d delivered it 4 years earlier. He later found it in 2000 in a giant warehouse for museum exhibits.
BrLLe TIL remnants of the Templar Order that survived the inquisition continued on in Portugal, reforming into a new order and eventually becoming the nobility of Brazil during the colonial era.
PYoyV TIL Ancient Egyptian dwarfs were viewed as people with celestial gifts. They enjoyed high status, worked in the royal palaces and often held prestigious jobs. Dwarfs likely travelled from distant lands to enjoy life in the Old Kingdom.