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TIL a Masai tribe in Kenya gave 14 cows to America after hearing about the 9/11 attacks

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dDA08 TIL Australia has an unofficial timezone (UTC +08:45), which is observed by only 5 country towns (total combined population ≈200 people) along the Nullarbor Highway, near the border between South Australia and Western Australia.
e0ygk TIL that researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered another job for introverts: grammar police.
VBlrB TIL Five mice, Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey, traveled aboard Apollo 17 Command Module "America" with astronaut Ronald Evans and still hold the record for the most orbits of the Moon (75)
OGBYe TIL in the first auto show in New York in 1899, every vehicle was electric with the exception of some steam powered cars.
JYB0l TIL that the word "ninja" is actually pronounced "shinobi" in the native kun'yomi kanji reading. It is a shortened form of "shinobi-no-mono," which translates closely to "stealthy person." "Ninja" is an on'yomi, a pronunciation of the names of the two Japanese letters that make up the term.