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TIL BBC does an online edition in pidgin English
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TIL chess was originally known as chaturaṅga, literally four divisions [of the military] in Sanskrit. The pieces represented infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariotry and would later evolve into the modern pawn, knight, bishop, and rook.
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TIL: The Dutch version of Santa, Sinterklaas, instead of having elves he had Zwarte Piet, or "Black Pete", originally depicted as an enslaved demon, he helped distribute candy, take naughty children to Spain in burlap sacks, and deliver coal. In 2020, however, Zwarte Pete was gradually removed.
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TIL that Rochester in the UK was a city for almost 800 years until it lost that status due to an administrative error which was discovered four years after its reversion to a town
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TIL the name “Africa” does not come from any African language. It is Latin and derives from “Afri”, a Roman term for the inhabitants of North Africa.
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TIL that Hachiko, the dog famous for waiting for his owner for years after the owner's death, was stuffed and put into a museum