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TIL that the English idiom “It’s all Greek to me” exists in many other languages. However, in most cases, instead of Greek the language identified as unknown is most often Chinese.

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N76p1 TIL the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang , a leftist breakaway of the main Kuomintang, is one of eight registered minor political parties in the People's Republic of China and is seen as second in status to the Communist Party of China.
N7oN TIL that Bobby Fischer played the “Game of the Century” in tournament play in which he sacrificed his queen and won the game. And he was 13years old when it did it.
5YdBB TIL shepherds in Gascony, France traditionally wore stilts called tchangues (“big legs”) that allowed them to walk rapidly on marshy ground.
R7rxw TIL If you shuffle a deck of cards perfectly (aka "a Faro shuffle") eight consecutive times, it will return to its original state
b9Xkp TIL that some stray dogs in Moscow have mastered its complex subway system. They get on and off at regular stops. They also know how to deal with the Metro’s crowds and loud noises, distractions that domesticated dogs can’t often handle.