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TIL that the reason why there are virtually only two words for "tea" around the world ("tea" and "cha") is related to how tee is transported to the corners of the world: areas where tea is traded on land calls it "cha", where it is shipped by sea calls it "tea".

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kOA6d TIL Robert E Lee was depressed during and after the civil war. After Gettysburg he walked around telling his soldiers "It's all my fault" and before his surrender he was observed to be deeply saddened, wandering aimlessly by himself, carrying a piece of chicken for which he could find no hunger
XxwE TIL that cargo ships leave the equivalent of contrails along their route that can be seen from space. Water molecules accumulate on pollutants coming from the exhaust of ships which essentially seeds clouds. These clouds are known as ship tracks.
OGoRX TIL The last living patient treated by Sigmund Freud was 88 in 2006 and credited him as "saving my life". She was a teenager in 1936 who "opened her heart to the therapist", recalling telling 80 year old Freud of reading erotic books and uncomfortable moments with her father
wbaE TIL Metallica was told that expletives were prohibited during their performance at the 1996 MTV Europe awards performance. They were expected to play a slow song from their new album. Instead, they played the two most offensive songs that they had.
QJPkM TIL that in Hinduism, atheism is considered to be a valid path to spirituality, as it can be argued that God can manifest in several forms with "no form" being one of them.