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TIL that the word "Karaoke" comes from Japan, meaning "empty orchestra" ("Kara Okestura")

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KYNQa TIL that in 2005, monkeys were taught the concept of money. It didn't take long for the monkeys to realize that they could pay other monkeys for sex.
ZwJR TIL that the San Francisco Fog has a twitter account and its name is Karl
GY66J TIL: Am-Phu cave in Vietnam is decorated with "hell" themes: sculpted demons "and fanged devils bathed in sinister red light, where hands reach up from the waters below and river monsters threaten to gnash (visitors') souls to bits." It's located under the mountain associated with heaven.
pYe6A TIL: Banyan merchant is an expression used widely in the Indian Ocean trade to refer to Indian merchants who are clearly distinguished from others, by their clothing, their religious and cultural dietary choices, and the manner in which they conduct trade
Ooja6 TIL: In 1841 during a naval battle between Argentina and Uruguay, the ship from Uruguay ran out of cannonballs. The captain ordered his men to shove the hard balls of cheese they had onboard into the cannons and to fire those. The cheese tore holes in the Argentine ship's sails and killed 2 sailors.