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TIL that when BET, Black Entertainment Television, aired the TV show The Wire, they edited out much of the second season, which focuses on mostly white dock workers

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ndZG TIL Germany is the third largest exporter on Earth, accounting for nearly as much exports as the entire US, and for $1.5 trillion of the EU’s $2.1 trillion in exports.
wLgx6 TIL about the Gallery of Beauties, a collection of paintings of the most beautiful women from München, Germany between 1827 and 1850.
5VY8P TIL the word "hurricane" itself comes from the Taino Indigenous Caribbean word hurakán, meaning evil spirits of the wind.
MeyAm TIL - A symbiotic fungus can turn regular pine trees into carnivorous plants that consume up to 90% of soil-dwelling insects the fungus-infected roots can reach for their nitrogen, which the trees use for growth
mx1v TIL that natural gas doesn’t actually have a smell - the ‘smell’ of a gas leak is actually mercaptan, which is added to warn people of leaking gas.