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TIL Po from Teletubbies is bilingual in Cantonese

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yQb0w TIL Reindeer are the only mammals that can see UV (ultraviolet) light and make sense of it
XEL1k TIL Crocodiles Do Not Die of Old Age
7rLNO TIL that there are "Neomexicanos" of New Mexico that identify themselves as Spanish/Europeans in America since they are derived from Spanish settlers that arrived in New Mexico before the 16th century
X0EVr TIL that in 1914, 17 year old Princess Mary decided to distribute tin boxes containing small Christmas gifts to British Empire troops at the frontlines in WW1. After trying to finance it from her own allowance she set up a fund, appealed to the public and raised the equivalent of £17M today.
Yp0nG Til 12,000 Londoners died over 4 days in 1952 when a fog of pollution rolled in, leading to Great Britain’s Clean Air Act.