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TIL that scientists were surprised to learn about the frequency of the earth's magnetic field reversals, which has flipped 26 times in the past million years

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aw0NM TIL Iran isn't the name of a government entity. It's simply how the Persian people say the name of their country in Farsi (Iran's Official language) "Iran" is Farsi for "Persia" (Greek form) and they simply wanted people to stop using the Greek form.
oG7o TIL there is an island in the Scottish Hebrides that is owned entirely by its people. With a population of 83, the Isle of Eigg has been owned by its community since being bought in 1997, after decades of issues with absentee landlords, and generates 100% of its electricity using renewable energy
dY08 TIL that during the war, Vietnamese children thought the American soldiers were blind because they had blue eyes and wore sunglasses all the time.
mxrwx TIL that under Chinese occupation (which killed 1.2 million people), the Tibetan language is banned in Tibet
ep0k4 TIL Ted Turner was expelled from Brown University for having a female student in his dorm room.