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TIL the Native American greeting of "How" in many Westerns was a real greeting used by speakers of Lakota-Sioux. The word was used only between men.

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gMVkb TIL that in 2019 a U.S. Navy spokesman, confirmed to TIME magazine that three specific widely-shared videos were real and captured 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena', resulting in investigations.
x6QaD TIL that after starring as an unemployed man in the 1948 neorealist film Bicycle Thieves, factory worker Lamberto Maggiorani was fired from his real job - his employer assumed the film made him rich, but he was only paid $1,000 and struggled to find work again, mirroring his on-screen character.
a8AG0 TIL that well into the 18th century, many mapmakers held the persistent belief that California was an island. This eventually prompted in 1747 the following royal decree from King Ferdinand VI of Spain: “California is not an island.”
5Y9En TIL the word "utopia" is a pun. It comes from the Greek word for "good place" but also "no place." It's good, but it doesn't exist.
BrBpK TIL mass deaths due to the governmental acts of criminal omission and neglect is called Democide