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TIL: Mussolini’s granddaughter is part of the Italian Senate and did a photoshoot for playboy.

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xVB9b TIL there is a Kurdish saying that they have “no friends but the mountains”. This is due to their status as a stateless minority and frequent betrayal by their allies.
VeaQ TIL that Hyder, Alaska uses Canadian electricity, a Canadian area code, Canadian police, and mostly Canadian currency; you need a passport to travel from Hyder to the rest of the United States, but not to travel from Canada to Hyder.
grvxb TIL that David Bowie's 'Time will crawl', was inspired by the Chernobyl disaster and its fallout. It was originally titled 'How we war'.
xno TIL: A mysterious man placed dozens of tiles on roads all over the Northeastern US and even South America over a period of 20 years. They contain the boggling message: “TOYNBEE IDEA IN MOViE’ 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER.”
QNErd TIL of Jon Minnoch, the heaviest human ever recorded, weighing over 1400lbs.