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TIL that “Amen” means “So be it.”

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xryk TIL that wolves in the wild do not have “alpha males” or “alpha females” with subordinate “betas” or “gammas”. Wolf packs are a family with the offspring of previous years.
mxR1E TIL of Theys Eluay, a leader of the peaceful papuan independence movement who was assassinated by indonesian special forces in 2001. When asked about the murder, the indonesian defense minister called the hitmen 'heroes'
PYE9L TIL a videogame player once spent 500 hours reaching level 99 in the first area of Final Fantasy VII via random low level encounters, in order to express his hatred for a player called Dick Tree
wL0RW TIL about the French phrase “tirer les vers du nez” which literally translates as “to pull the worms from somebody’s nose” but means to make someone tell a secret/the truth. It became a popular phrase after the rise of nasal parasites in the 15th century.
BWWK TIL that in China they constructed a building with embedded wind turbines to provide its own power