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TIL that Quipu, intricate arrays of knotted cords, were used by Andean cultures to record data without a written language.

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loJPG TIL that the lead singer of the punk rock band The Offspring, Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland, is also a molecular biologist and he is a licensed pilot. He also has his own brand of hot sauce named Gringo Bandito.
noBd TIL that Seattle Resident Henry Liebman Has Caught 200-Year-Old Rockfish off Coast in Sitka, Alaska
69mol TIL about a short series of Garfield comic strips in Halloween 1989 that depict Garfield waking up in an abandoned house, alone and starving. Jim Davis wrote them “…to scare people. And what do people fear most? Why, being alone.”
Z8BbR TIL Pope Night was an anti-Catholic holiday celebrated annually on November 5 in the colonial United States. Gang violence became part of the tradition in the 1740s, with residents of different Boston neighborhoods battling for the honor of burning the pope's effigy.
BO1x TIL the mascot of The Evergreen State College in Washington is the geoduck, a clam with a large phallic appendage, which thrives in nearby Puget Sound. In honor of its mascot, the school’s motto is “Omnia Extares,” Latin for “let it all hang out.”