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TIL that Mao Zedong rewarded factory workers with mangoes. Then he forced people to honor the fruit and started a short-lived, but intense, mango cult.

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0xKp TIL that one of Franz Ferdinand’s descendants is trying to reacquire his estate. This estate was seized by Czechoslovakia after the end of World War I, but this descendant argues that this seizure was unjust since Franz Ferdinand’s children weren’t members of the Habsburg royal family.
PY4gE TIL no Canadian owns the physical land they purchase, only an interest in the estate according to law (The Canada Act of 1982). The Canadian monarch owns 100% of Canada's land.
1a14r TIL the rock and metal drummer Carmine Appice also co-wrote the Rod Stewart songs "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "Young Turks".
wLpX7 TIL that the female equivalent of "dude" is "dudette" or "dudess".
xl8b TIL that the word “pupil” meaning the part of the eye, comes from the latin word for doll (pupa / pupilla) since you can see a miniature version of yourself when looking into someones eyes.