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TIL Trajan was the first and only Roman emperor to set foot on the shores of the Persian Gulf.

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pE4b TIL plants can actually sprout within a human body…
QNgkE TIL that for one species of moth, the male will shoot layers of hairs drenched in plant toxins onto the female to protect her from predators while he mates with her because copulation takes such a long time. This practice is called protective nuptial festooning!
yVO8X TIL that no team has won the World Cup with a foreign coach. Only 2 foreign coaches have reached the final match: George Raynor of England, with Sweden in 1958, and Ernst Happel of Austria, with the Netherlands in 1978.
b914p TIL Fondue was popularized in Switzerland by the Swiss Cheese Union as a ploy to increase cheese consumption. They created and promoted recipes for the ""spiritual defence of Switzerland".
ANol4 TIL 1 out of 3 Americans live in just four states. California, Texas, Florida, and New York.