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TIL about the city of Rawabi. Meaning "the hills" in Arabic, Rawabi is the first planned city built for Palestinians.

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OG9yL TIL that the Filet-O-Fish was invented by Lou Groen in a predominantly Catholic neighborhood due to the practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays. His Filet-O-Fish and Ray Kroc’s “Hula Burger” (pineapple with cheese on a bun) competed for sales every Friday and Groen’s creation “won hands down.”
XE7eP TIL that only around 10% of blind Americans know how to read Braille, compared to 1950, where 50% knew how to read Braille. This is due to a shortage of teachers to teach it and more reliance on technology as well as Braille being seen as outdated.
wo6VE TIL That during the filming of 'Dazed and Confused' Milla Jovovich, then 16, married her onscreen boyfriend Shawn Andrews who was 21. Jovovich's mother had the marriage annulled two months later.
j6jGM TIL Several African countries don’t like second-hand clothes being imported to their countries because it is destroying their local textile industry.
R4M4 TIL that Soviet Navy officer Vasili Arkhipov prevented the launch of a nuclear torpedo during the Cuban Missile Crisis and thereby prevented a nuclear war.