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TIL the Turkish Airlines give a special 50% discount to family members of martyrs

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oB6J8 TIL eggplants are called that because baby eggplants look like hard boiled eggs
m1nGE TIL about the story of Cimon and Pero in which a man condemned to starvation for stealing a loaf of bread is covertly breastfed and sustained by his daughter who visits him everyday in the prison.
loXN5 TIL of Olivia Farnsworth. Olivia is 7 years old, doesn’t feel pain, and never feels tired or hungry. This is because a rare chromosome condition. One day she was hit by car and dragged down the street about 100 feet. Olivia walked away with only minor injuries.
WbBA TIL of an Irish pirate queen. Grace O'Malley became rich by “taxing” ships passing by her lands in western Ireland, killing those who resisted. She met Queen Elizabeth I but was usually a rebel against English rule in Ireland during the 1500s.
781n7 TIL that there is a Goldfish breed so rare that is considered a cryptid. The Meteor Goldfish.