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TIL the opposite of jealousy is compersion

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neox7 TIL that the first American to enter Afghanistan, a Quaker named Josiah Harlan, gained control over the Ghor Province and for a short time lived as the Prince of Ghor.
rREP1 TIL A beard transplant procedure takes an entire day, and can run up to $10,000 for a full beard. The doctor and technicians remove hair strands with the follicles intact from another part of the body -- usually the bottom of the back of the head. It's moved to where it is wanted on the face
wL6KJ TIL that Wyatt Earp, a deputy marshal in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881 who took part in the famous gunfight at the OK Corral became a consultant for several cowboy movies and died in Los Angeles in 1926.
gML9 TIL in 1972, an insane Geologist wielding a hammer attacked Michelangelo’s masterpiece Pietà statue while shouting, “I am Jesus Christ — risen from the dead!” He cause severe damage before being wrestled to the ground by Museum patrons, including American Sculptor Bob Cassilly
mxdjo TIL the city of Portland, OR once drained a 38 million gallon reservoir because a man peed in it.