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TIL that there are about 1.6 million Brazilians of Japanese descent.

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e0Mw4 TIL Words "Audio", "Video," and "Disco" mean "I hear", "I see", "I learn" in Latin
nerdG TIL that the pressurized bodies of early airships were called “envelopes,” a term that persisted in aviation to later describe the ideal flight performance of an airplane. When early NASA test pilots reached higher altitude, they called it “pushing the envelope” which is where we get the phrase.
6om TIL as of March 2012, the most expensive city in the United States for renters is San Francisco. NYC isn’t even in the top 10.
XRbX TIL of the theory that in ‘Superman’ (1978), Superman doesn’t actually turn back time by litterally reversing the earth’s rotation. Instead, he himself travels to the past by flying faster than the speed of light, and the reversing earth is simply a visual metaphor for this.
X8nE TIL Einstein’s Brain went missing and was found 23 years later