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TIL that chinese people used to think pandas were monsters.

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xVdOB TIL there's a town in Oregon named "Bridal Veil" which despite being a near ghost town still have a popular post office still functioning that gets much of its business from people going there to drop off wedding invitations so they can be postmarked "Bridal Veil".
W7NAX TIL in Utah, you have to upload your ID and register your email address in order to watch Pornhub and other adult content sites on your personal devices.
7r5Kx Today I Learned the sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff resulted in the loss of 9,400 German citizens. This makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking, however it is a rather unknown event due to being overshadowed by all the news of WW2 ending around the same time.
GYaM7 TIL the inability to recognise faces is called Prosopagnosia (face blindness).
1aJj7 TIL the electricity needed to power Times Square could power 161,000 average American homes or the entire country of Turks and Caicos