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TIL horses can grow mustaches

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wNE7 TIL that in Ancient Greece, throwing an apple at somebody meant to declare your love to them.
gMkd8 TIL that Kailash Temple,the 8th Century Hindu Megalith was hand-chiseled from top to bottom out of a single huge stone of granite while Aurangzeb, the Mughal ruler who sought to destroy it couldn't even accomplish it in 3 years with a 1000 men and he describes the stone as "too hard to be broken".
8ep4 TIL that all Pakistani passports bear the inscription “This passport is valid for all countries of the World except Israel.”
P4Eg TIL that in 1269, the election of the Pope took so long (3 years) that the city where the conclave was held, Viterbo, refused to send in anything except bread and water. When even this failed to elect a Pope, villagers removed the roof of the palace hosting the cardinals to speed up the election.
nyeG TIL that the Portuguese Air Force is referred to locally as F.A.P