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TIL the Penan people in Malaysia have such a highly generous / egalitarian society that they have no word for 'thank you' because help is assumed and therefore doesn't require a 'thank you'.

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D1nnV TIL: Subaru created ad campaigns for lesbians after market research showed lesbians were a large portion of their customer base.
RZmQ TIL Matt DeHart, hacker associated with Anonymous, discovered that the CIA played a role in the 2001 anthrax attacks. After he released this information, the CIA and FBI put warrants out for his arrest, illegally detained him, tortured him, charged him with possessing Child Pornography.
yo5X TIL the indigenous people of Bougainville Island successfully carried out the world’s first “eco-revolution” closing down one of the world’s largest mines, driving away private security and in turn the Papua New Guinea and Australian army using home-made weapons and running vehicles on coconut oil
a8rAb TIL in the 1990s Donnie Yen (known for his roles in Ip Man, Star Wars and John Wick) and his girlfriend Joey Meng were leaving a club in Hong Kong when they were attacked by a group of men who had been bothering them earlier that night. Donnie hospitalized all 8 of them.
eJRE TIL that after shooting down an American F-117 stealth attack aircraft in 1999, Serbian propaganda posters read “Sorry, we didn’t know it was invisible”