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TIL the Aztecs called armadillos āyōtōchtli, meaning “turtle-rabbits”

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b97r7 TIL the only band to turn down touring with David Bowie was the one and only Kraftwerk in 1976.
R7aO9 TIL that Pakistan was accused of forging documents in a corruption case dated from 2006 because they used the font Calibri, a font that wasn't available until 2007. It was referred to as "Fontgate"
N7Oge TIL in 2003, North Korea suggested several symbols which were included in international Unicode, later becoming emojis. They requested ☕ to mark tea houses on maps and ⚐ & ⚑ for military battles and victories. They also requested ⬆, ⬇, ⬅ (but no right arrow), ☔, ⚡, ⚠ and ⏏.
R7Exa TIL: A 2016 Department of Defense study found that 38 percent of current smokers in the military began smoking after joining. Among junior enlisted personnel, about 30 percent report current cigarette smoking after joining the military
vPbwK TIL thst after L. Ron Hubbard died in 1986, the Church of Scientology said he'd left his body behind because it was getting in the way of his work. He'd gone off to another planet to do some scientific research, having "learned how to do it without a body. "