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TIL Some places in the USA still receive mail deliveries via mules

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ne6Bd TIL Mamoru Samuragochi is a deaf Japanese composer, who known as the “digital-age Beethoven” and creator of Onimusha’s OST. But, it later turned out that all of his works in 18 years were actually written by a ghost writer. And his deafness is all fake
Brjlx TIL of the "cargo cult" belief, in which pre-industrial societies mimic western activities, such as the building of mock airstrips, and performing daily rituals such as dressing as parading soldiers, which they believe will cause spiritual agents to deliver highly desired cargo such as in WW2 arenas
VM918 TIL that the high land ownership inequality in the UK is still a consequence of the Norman invasion almost 1,000 years ago, when William the Conqueror made all the land in the country his and then distributed it to his allies
kJ4wE TIL the "metals of antiquity" are gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, iron, and mercury.
xVrb5 TIL The word "Phony" comes from the pirate slang word "Fawney," which means "fake gold rings"