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TIL that the Tango is so popular in Finland it’s practically the national dance

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p8apN TIL Jimi Hendrix played guitar in Little Richard's band until he was fired for being too flamboyant, out-dressing, and up staging the singer
8vo8 TIL that in 1995 Kia was showing a range extended gas/electric (the Kev-4 concept car) with regenerative braking and solar powered air conditioner. It would drive on electricity alone for 117 miles. Its 880cc gas engine could stretch that farther. This was 15 years before the Chevy Volt.
4XKBN TIL that your body odors changes when you've been successfully infected by plasmodium (Malaria). Thereby making you a better target for mosquitos and spreading the disease.
0wKGR TIL that by the time the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus visited the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt in the 5th Century B.C., the pyramid was already 2000 years old.
e0Z85 TIL about Peter Francisco, the "American patriot of Portuguese descent". Washington recognized the major importance Francisco had during the War of Independence and described him as a "one-man army".