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TIL that the bird we call “turkey” in English is named "Hindi" in Turkey and "Peru" in portuguese.

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LQWeV TIL that there is an exposed breast on flag of the US state of Virginia. It was added to the flag in 1901 when the then secretary of the commonwealth of Virginia felt Virtus, the Roman goddess of virtue featured on the flag, who at the time wore a full breast plate, looked too manly.
MeM1b TIL there are boys in the Dominican Republic that don't grow a penis until puberty.
nLJo TIL That Detective John St. John (Jigsaw John), the man who caught William Bonin, The Freeway Killer, got a confession out of him by writing a fake letter from one of the victims’ mothers begging him to tell her what he did with her son.
JYlN4 TIL that in spite of Henry Fords mandate in 1909 that, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.", this was not implemented until 1914. Until then, they were only available in grey, green, blue, and red.
oB71Y TIL The Marinara in Marinara Sauce refers to the Mariners returning from the new world with their new fruit: Tomatoes.