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TIL that a man claimed the only unclaimed habitable area left on earth, Bir Tawil, so that his daughter could be a real princess.

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MeMA8 TIL that the more a couple spends on their wedding and engagement rings, the more likely they are to divorce
1aN08 TIL that pistachio nuts are very tricky to ship. They can spontaneously combust or suck all of the air out of a storage area
x771 TIL that when it became apparent that Israel was going to win the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, most of the Arabic countries ended their transmission of the contest. This includes Jordan, who replaced the live broadcast with a picture of daffodils and later announced that Belgium had won.
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