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TIL that map makers created an imaginary town as a copyright trap but so many people went there it became a real town until the only store closed

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EEJp TIL Cyrus the Great of the Persian Empire created the first declaration of human rights and is honorably mentioned in the Bible, Jewish Bible (Tanakh), and Quran.
LQoKQ TIL that there is a high school in China where students study from 6.20am to 11pm to prepare for college admission exam (gaokao)
yJYM TIL that Vincent van Gogh’s last words were, “The sadness will last forever.”
NXdnE TIL that the infamous Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos changed the borders of Kalinga-Apayao province to make its outline resemble the silhouette of his own head, facing towards his own native province of Ilocos Norte, until he was ousted in 1986 and the separation of the province in 1995.
yVWAV TIL People produce endocannabinoids – similar to compounds found in marijuana – that are critical to many bodily functions such as learning and memory, emotional processing, sleep, temperature control, pain control, inflammatory and immune responses, and eating.