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TIL that there was a Mayan king known only as "Caspar" because the symbol that represents his name looks like Caspar the Friendly Ghost.

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kN45 TIL Gandhi’s famous quote “An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind” was originally coined by Gibran Khalil
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