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TIL the "spots" on a giraffe are actually the yellow part

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6EKLZ TIL about the Burakumin (部落民, "hamlet people"/"village people", "those who live in hamlets/villages"), an outcast group at the bottom of the traditional Japanese social order that has historically been the victim of severe discrimination and ostracism.
vPlBR TIL that although nine alibi witnesses placed Temujin Kensu more than 400 miles from a shooting in Port Huron, Michigan, in November 1986, he was convicted of murder and has been in prison ever since?
0wyVR TIL about Peter Conover Hains, a US army officer who served in the Civil War, the Spanish American War, and World War I, the latter after being recalled to active-duty at the age of 77.
R5DW4 TIL retired US Army officer Moses West is deploying atmospheric water generators to provide clean water in areas where it is needed most. He is literally pulling water from thin air.
Z8OXB TIL that the growth of the world population in 2021 is the lowest we've yet to record, growing half as fast as 50 years ago and continuing a trend of declining.