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TIL during the LA riots a group of Korean American business owners fought against looters and rioters with shotguns and semi-automatic weapons from the rooftops of their business.

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mxDAE TIL of the Hmong people, who communicate by whistling - the valleys of the Himalayas they live in make for ideal transmission, sometimes carried as far as 8km. They even perform whistling courtship ceremonies, and once in a relationship, lovers can make up their own ‘secret’ syllables!
XErZk TIL swing dancing teenagers in Nazi Germany would mock Nazis by saying 'swing heil' and called Hitler Youth 'Homo Youth'
xV6MB TIL a bog is acidic & a fen is alkaline; a swamp has trees and woody plants & a marsh has other types of plants
oBpVK TIL NASA named Gattaca as the best (accurate) science fiction movie of all time.
Eg7P TIL the Euro is the official trading currency of Cuba, North Korea and Syria