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TIL orangutan means the person of the forests in Malay.

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VOrG TIL that ounce for ounce, corn flakes cereal has more salt in it than potato chips
x6Mmg TIL Craig Mazin is now known for co-creating dramas like "The Last of Us" and "Chernobyl" and comedies like "Scary Movie 4", but he also wrote for "Dune: Part Two" and "Wicked", only being credited after the WGA revised their policy.
XBRk TIL a Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WWII returned 20 years later to present his family’s 400-year-old sword as a symbol of regret. His daughter later said, if he had received a hostile reaction, he would’ve used the sword to perform a ritual suicide by disembowelment instead.
DQ0pD TIL of WWII vet Bert Shepard, the only man to ever pitch in Major League Baseball with an artificial leg
WK5d TIL that most American’s don’t have electric kettles in their kitchens to boil water.