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TIL that a 1944 opinion poll in the US found that 13% of the public were in favor of “killing off” all Japanese: men, women, and children.

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E1eOd TIL that African Romance is an extinct Romance language spoken in North Africa during the later centuries of the Roman and early Byzantine Empires, and several centuries after the annexation of the region by the Umayyad Caliphate in 696 AD.
b9Aga TIL that camels store upwards of 30kg of nutrient rich fat in their humps. During times of famine and drought, the fat is absorbed to nourish the camel and the hump actually goes limp like a deflated balloon when the fat is depleted.
78PYb TIL of Becky Schroeder, who was issued her first patent when she was 12 years old. Granted in 1975, her patent was for the glow in the dark backing sheet. The "Glow Sheet" would be used by NASA astronauts, nurses and sailors to write in the dark
9YWAB TIL of a tree that grows 40 different fruits
jR8M TIL That Heartworm is currently not present in the UK, therefore eliminating all risk to dogs and cats living there.