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TIL only Muslims can contest elections for the position of prime Minister in Pakistan. A recent bill proposal to allow non Muslims was rejected by majority of the ministers saying Pakistan is a Islamic republic and can't allow non Muslims.

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PZrL TIL there is a creek in Wyoming that splits and flows to both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is thought that cutthroat trout used this passage to cross the Continental Divide.
N75g6 TIL Le Bateau ("The Boat") by Henri Matisse, caused a minor stir when the Museum of Modern Art, New York, which housed it, hung the work upside-down for 47 days in 1961 until Genevieve Habert, a stockbroker, noticed the mistake and notified a guard.
N78nJ TIL of the ancient Greek letter "digamma" (or "wau") that made a "w" sound. It used to begin, for example, the word "oinos" ("woinos"), which is Greek for "wine."
P17NZ TIL there is a protein called Pikachurin (after Pikachu) which has an essential role in the precise interactions between the photoreceptor ribbon synapse and the bipolar dendrites.
b6p8E TIL that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the first album to print the song lyrics on the back of the sleeve.