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TIL Italy has a dozen or so spoken languages, not dialects, although Italians often refer to them as such. Many predate the Italian language, and some are of Germanic and Slavonic origin. While Italian is Italy's national language and spoken by most, many speak their "dialect" in their region.

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rNYBd TIL about the Löwenmensch or Lion Man of Germany. About 12-in. tall, this statue of an anthropomorphic cave lion is about 35,000 to 40,000 years old and was carved from a mammoth tusk. The oldest statue ever discovered, it was found in the same caves as the earliest musical instruments.
vNBK TIL the cowboy culture of the 19th century is closer tied to Mexico than it is to the United States
VkkQ TIL Casa Bonita from South Park is a real place in Denver. There’s even cliff divers.
Meg6B TIL Uncle Tom was actually the hero that stood up against slavers but pro-slavery works created afterwards poisoned the name "Uncle Tom"
d6Ej TIL falcon breeders often let the male birds copulate with their heads, while the breeder wears a special semen-collecting hat. The breeder then courts a female bird of the same species and squirts the collected semen into her using a syringe. All this due to a process known as sexual imprinting.