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TIL the educational cartoon Cyberchase is still producing new episodes

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8KgG TIL that after being run through by a Japanese officer, Fazal Din VC took the sword from the officer and proceeded to kill him and two other Japanese soldiers with it before dying.
wL0N6 TIL that WWII spy Odette Sansom was technically one of the first women in war. She was the second-ever female paratrooper as a spy for the "French resistance". In training, she learned how to kill one man in more than 100 ways, morse code, and encryption.
neDjG TIL that in Japanese anime and in Native American Sioux culture, nosebleeds signify sexual arousal.
J1dav TIL the name "Great Sphinx" was given roughly 2,000 years post-construction. The original name given by its creators remains a mystery, as no inscriptions detailing its construction or purpose have been found.
KYrRG TIL there are three types of tears: basal, reflex, and psychic. Psychic tears, produced when we're sad, contain leucine enkephalin, a natural painkiller that helps us feel better.