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TIL Asia has a larger surface area than the moon
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TIL in 1980, Detroit gave Saddam Hussein a key to the city out of recognition of donations he made to local churches.
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TIL there is an ancient “second brain” in the stomach that is neurologically active and responsible for feelings like “butterflies in the stomach.”
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TIL: the most celebrated 'toilet attendant' is Victoria Hughes, who for three decades served in a female public toilets in Bristol. Unexpected national fame came her way at the age of 80 in 1977 when she published her memoirs, called Ladies Mile. She revealed to being a confidante of prostitutes.
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TIL Arab and Somali merchants tricked the Romans and Greeks into thinking cinnamon came from Somalia, when in reality, they were exploiting them by importing it from India and selling it to North Africa and Europe for far higher prices.
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TIL in 1999 actor Rebecca Jackson Mendoza survived a stroke caused by a severed aorta after being stabbed in the heart by her husband. By 2005 she made a full recovery and was able to play Breha Organa in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith