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TIL that Facebook engineers originally wanted to call the “Like” button the “Awesome” button.

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wOG8 TIL of the Parsley Massacre, a government-sponsored genocide of ethnic Haitian civilians in 1937. Dominican soldiers would hold up a sprig of parsley to someone and ask “What is this?”; how the person would pronounce the Spanish word for parsley would determine his/her fate.
b6yOa TIL the concept of chimeras has shifted from mythological beings to real creatures. Combining various cells, created naturally or through scientific methods. This offers research potential, but raises ethical concerns.
b6ggj TIL Most people with peanut allergies can still consume highly refined peanut oil
PYrGn TIL that Shrek was submitted and accepted into the Cannes Film Festival, one of the most prestigious film festivals to happen every year and competed against films like David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, The Piano Teacher, and The Son’s Room. Shrek truly a masterpiece amongst all films.
vPDd7 TIL that Japan launched the world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, into space in 2024 to explore sustainable alternatives to metal satellites and reduce space debris.