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TIL The current Afghanistan head of state Ashraf Ghani is the first peaceful transfer of power since the Afghan state was founded

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VMAw0 TIL that Idaho is the only U.S. state to declare cannibalism illegal. Idaho adopted the ban in 1990 as a reaction to a fear that eating humans would emerge in ritualized practices.
e65L TIL - Humans can outrun any animal on earth in a marathon.
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QNN8E TIL Dr Seuss studied English at the University of Oxford, with a plan to eventually become a professor there but dropped out when he realized drawing was his only passion. He moved back to the US to become a cartoonist