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TIL that every Panda in the world is legally owned by the Chinese Government, which leases them out for $1,000,000 per year.

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R5v66 TIL of the Association of German National Jews - a pro-Hitler Jewish organisation. Founded in 1921 as an anti-communist body it wholeheartedly supported Hitler arguing his anti-Semitic stance was only rhetoric. It was banned in 1935 and it's founder taken by the Gestapo.
AMBx TIL • A fine-quality Persian rug, containing as many as 1 million knots in every 3 square feet, may last as long as 500 years before it wears out.
L9vQ TIL that Alaska is the easternmost state in the United States, as a part of the Aleutian Islands is technically in the eastern hemisphere
yVNVX TIL The dwarf planet Haumea, which orbits in the Kuiper Belt out beyond Neptune, is already unusual. It has a strange elongated shape, two moons and a day that lasts only 4 hours, making it the fastest-spinning large object in the solar system.
rRYax TIL that "Herbs" are generally green plants or plant parts used to add flavor while "Spices" are dried seeds,fruits and plant parts.