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TIL that "!?" and "?!" have a name - interrobang. It was proposed by the head of an advertising company, Martin K. Speckter.

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KM0R TIL that in Japan there is something called “Forest bathing” that involves taking long walks in the forest and “is regarded as being similar to natural aromatherapy
jLJE TIL that during the Atlantic slave trade era, Brazil imported more slaves than any other country, and that Brazil was the last country in the Western world to abolish slavery.
MXE7 TIL there’s a place in Vancouver that provides a safe space for intravenous drug addicts to inject themselves. They provide clean needles, food, and drug addiction counciling
jN5yM TIL that Right Whales got their name from the fact that they conveniently float after being killed, and were thus know to whalers as the "right whale" to kill.
oRrnL TIL Rednex, the creators of 90s hit 'Cotton Eye Joe', is actually a Swedish musical group