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STICKY You ever heard of Matar judíos? [720x2845 - 835KB]

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TIL only 4 states: Hawaii, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana don't officially recognize 'Juneteenth' as a holiday.

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TIL: Anderson Cooper is a Vanderbilt....huh, I never cared to learn about him

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TIL pole dance combines dance and acrobatics centered on a vertical pole. This performance art form takes place not only in gentleman's clubs as erotic dance, but has also recently gained popularity as a mainstream form of fitness.

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TIl Dick Pole is a former professional baseball player and a former pitching coach. A right-handed pitcher, Pole was 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg) during his playing career.

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TIL bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder that causes periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood.

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TIL Polaris designated α Ursae Minoris commonly the North Star or Pole Star, is the brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Minor. It is very close to the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star.

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TIL in Canada, the term polecat is sometimes applied to electric utility linemen. In Southern United States dialect, the term polecat is sometimes used as a colloquial nickname for a skunk.

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TIL geckos are lizards belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from 1.6 to 60 cm (0.64 to 24 inches). Most geckos cannot blink, but they often lick their eyes to keep them clean and moist.

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TIL Kamehameha Day on June 11 is a public holiday in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It honors Kamehameha the Great, the monarch who first established the unified Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.

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TIL numerals have their equivalent of capital and lower case.

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TIL a yes–no question, formally known as a polar question or a general question is a question whose expected answer is either "yes" or "no". Formally, they present an exclusive disjunction, a pair of alternatives of which only one is acceptable.

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TIL that the story of Sada Abe, a woman who cut off her dead lover's genitals and carried them around with her for days, is one of Japan's most notorious scandals.

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TIL there have been many animals in space, including monkeys, apes, mice, dogs, guinea pigs, frogs, rats, cats, tortoises, fish, newts, insects, snails, spiders and nematodes.

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TIL a pole star or polar star is a star, preferably bright, closely aligned to the axis of rotation of an astronomical object.

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TIL POAL can mean "Ports of Auckland Limited" (New Zealand) or "Performance of a Lifetime" (New York, NY)

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TIL the Poales are a large order of flowering plants in the monocotyledons, and includes families of plants such as the grasses, bromeliads, and sedges. Sixteen plant families are currently recognized by botanists to be part of Poales.

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TIL El Poal is a village of Pla d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain.

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TIL that a chicken sexer is specially trained to visually determine the sex of chicken hatchlings?

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TIL that the cause of exploding head syndrome may be a minor seizure in the temporal lobe?

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TIL that the catchphrase "Kowabunga !" was popularized by the NBC program Howdy Doody?

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TIL Waikiki is most famous for Waikiki Beach, which is one of six beaches in the district, along with Queen's Beach, Kuhio Beach, Gray's Beach, Fort DeRussy Beach and Kahanamoku Beach. Waikiki Beach is almost entirely man-made.

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TIL a Japanese worker was punished for starting lunch three minutes early

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I'm an SRS Shill - AMA

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TIL Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. Its peak is 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) above sea level. Most of the volcano is underwater, and when measured from its oceanic base, Mauna Kea is the tallest volcano in the world.

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TIL: there are three recorded uses of a captive bolt pistol for homicide

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