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TIL that Iranians are prohibited from wearing ties because they contribute to the spreading of western culture

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mx7EY TIL that India is called Hindustan in Persian, technically making it part of the stan group in central Asia.
4XLwa TIL that the current royal family of Sweden is descended from an ordinary French commoner who rose through the ranks to become a general under Napoleon and was then randomly selected to become the King of Sweden.
8amda TIL researchers modeled a system where the Peter Principle holds true and found that instead of promoting the best employees until they reach a level where they stop performing competently, it's more efficient for a company to promote employees at random. For this research they won an Ig Nobel.
LkKVZ TIL that 119 years ago, Teddy Roosevelt "shocked the nation" by inviting a black man to have dinner with him at the White House. That man was Booker T Washington and that dinner almost got him killed.
LLkZ TIL All Syrian Refugees are welcomed with permanent residency in Sweden.