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TIL that the first female geisha appeared in 1751, with geisha before that time being male

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ep0QJ TIL that only 3% of vodkas worldwide are made from potatoes.
Ood9X TIL about “dissimilation.” A linguistic phenomenon where people tend to drop an R if it is in the middle of a word and comes before another syllable that has an R. Ex.“suprise”/“surprise,”/“forward”“forward,” /“catepillar”/“caterpillar,” and “paticular”/“particular.”
e0pxg The ocean produces at least 50 percent of the Earth’s oxygen, and strangely enough, whale poop is the fuel that helps keep our oceans alive. In this episode of Today I Learned, Asha de Vos tell us why we should all say thanks to whales and their poop.
8epBZ TIL China and India have been the population centers of the world for at least 6,000 years
GYQ7 TIL that the last prisoner at both the Tower of London and Spandau Prison was the same man.