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TIL that in 1805, President Thomas Jefferson, is believed to have hosted White House's first iftar — the sunset meal to break daily fasts during Ramadan.

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9wVgp TIL: that in Germany. People go to more orchestra concerts than football (soccer) games
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jNDGE TIL although Wayne’s World (1992) was released after Freddie Mercury died, he got to see the car headbanging scene featuring Bohemian Rhapsody shortly before he passed away on November 24, 1991. He loved it and foresaw how the use of the song would ignite a comeback for Queen in the United States.
Y7Jg7 TIL the Trabant became the most common car in East Germany and the average worker there had to wait between 10 to 13 years to acquire one. In the 1980s, it was manufactured with no tachometer, no external fuel door, and no fuel gauge and drivers had to use a dipstick to measure the remaining fuel.
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