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TIL the year is 2079, in Nepal

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KO9xw TIL that the Japanese word "kamikaze," meaning "divine winds," was originally used to refer to the typhoon that all but completely destroyed the Mongol fleet (hastily built by their Chinese and Korean vassals), effectively preventing the second and last Mongol invasion of Japan, in 1281.
mBwv TIL about the ‘Hooper’s Pass;’ an unwritten gang member code that protected and avoided targeting excellent local HS basketball players
1aOpW TIL in the 1964 film Zulu, the Zulu king Cetshwayo kaMpande was portrayed by his actual great-grandson
Y718r TIL the Central Arizona Project is a 336 mi (541 km) canal in Arizona which. diverts water from the Colorado River. Annually, 456 billion gallons (1.4 million acre feet) of water is lifted 2,900 feet by 14 pumps using 2.5 million MWh of electricity each year, making it the largest power user in Ariz
J1L94 TIL: The first use of the term “Genocide” and as a crime against humanity in a legal context was the Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen trial led by chief US prosecutor Ben Ferencz