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[TIL] Janet Cooke returned her Pulitzer prize after world came to know that the news article she wrote for The Washington Post was fictional.

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b5OQ TIL that Somaliland, a unrecognized but self-declared state in Somalia, is relatively peaceful, holds democratic elections, and has a functioning government, unlike the rest of Somalia.
4R1g TIL that Americans spend around $30 billion in lawn care, annually.
xVnoB TIL that this month, this year is the 2500tg anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae, when King Leonidas famously led his 300 Spartans against the Persian King Xerxes’ forces of around 300,000
VLaG TIL that in Kyrgyzstan, marijuana is traditionally harvested by naked horsemen who ride through forests of wild cannabis for hours. The layer of resin and sweat that accumulates on their skin is then scraped off, pressed, molded into bars, and dried.
X0a4D TIL that Helen Sharman, the first British person in space, worked for the confectionery company Mars before being selected to travel to the Mir space station, leading to the press dubbing her "the girl from Mars".