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TIL that Albania hosts the HQ of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), a formerly militarized, left-wing political group that was exiled from Iran in 1981. They opposed both the Shah of Iran and the Ayatollah Khomeini during the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

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nZoP TIL crows in New Caledonia were found to be bending twigs into hooks to extract food hidden in wooden logs. This confirms that wild birds can make tools.
oR7dr TIL the Pulitzer Prize winning book of poetry in 2014 sold less than 400 copies
nQEo TIL in Norse mythology, during the events of Ragnörak, there is a ship made entirely of the untrimmed nails of the dead that will carry hordes to do battle with the Gods. It’s important to keep those nails trimmed so you don’t contribute to building it.
5YPdn TIL that after analyzing Richard III's DNA, it was revealed that either the House of York or the House of Lancaster were the product of infidelity.
VoO8 TIL under the provisions of the 1912 Scottish Protection of Animals Act, the Loch Ness monster is a protected species.