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TIL that there are more than twice as many Mongols in China than there are in Mongolia

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dDwlj TIL that in Toy-story, the characters name is actually “Buzz light year not Buzz light gear”
epN7n TIL Giovanni Battista Grassi ingested roundworm eggs in 1879 to solve the century-old puzzle of how infection of roundworm is transmitted from host to host. Eventually, he found fresh eggs in his feces. Thus proving that the roundworm is transmitted through direct ingestion of a contaminated source.
oXlL TIL ukuleles weren’t introduced to Hawaii until the late 1800s. They were quickly popularized because the king at the time thought they were really neat.
Wk5O8 TIL a Romanian urban planning program referred to as Systematization, implemented under communist leader Ceaușescu, forced people in Bucharest to move en masse to apartments. Many abandoned their dogs in the process, creating a stray dog problem that persists today.
kJrB TIL that Johnny Depp, David Bowie, Victoria Beckham, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Ricky Gervais, Will Ferrel, and many other celebrities have all guest starred on Spongebob Squarepants.