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TIL Klingons from Star trek are actually based off Japanese people.

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VB0n8 TIL of Feretron dance - a tradition of moving (bowing) a feretron, mobile relgious icon, in a dancing manner. It originates from Wejherowo Poland and is still practiced today.
KOrMw TIL Shrek was the first to win an Oscar for best animated feature, beating Monsters Inc.
ADoja TIL that US territories like Puerto Rico get to vote in primaries and caucuses to help political parties choose nominees for the presidential election despite not being able to vote in the presidential election itself
kkYd TIL that a Nixon White House official who was jailed for directing the Watergate burglary team is now a scholar on ethics in government.
loQOG Today I learned that Alucard can't be summoned on Wii Fit Studio because Alucard is a vampire, there's a giant mirror, and vampires don't have a reflection.