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TIL There is a professional Indian cricket player named Napoleon Einstein.

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d8YBj TIL the town of Larkhall, Scotland has such a deep hatred for the color green that a Subway had to paint the outside of its shop black, green traffic lights are frequently vandalized and broken, green phone boxes were painted blue, and green railings were repainted red, white, and blue.
P17kO TIL: There was a study on in China that explores why the 317 million female gamers there made otome (romance) games popular. The results show it was due to strong parasocial interactions led to more romantic feelings towards the fictional characters among under 30 yo females.
v1Ra7 Man flu is apparently real — and the cure is lying on the sofa and watching telly, according to Dr Kyle Sue.
78EX TIL Ghengis Khan and his armies killed 9-11% of the entire world’s population
awap0 TIL the last four months are named for being the 7th (Septem-), 8th (Octo-), 9th (Novem-), and 10th (Decem-) months in the old 10 month Roman calendar