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TIL that, historically, light eyes were associated with vile characteristics among the Arabic people. This notion dates back to the pre-Islamic world and was even mentioned in the Quran.

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JYde4 TIL due to a 4 year old boy misunderstanding his mother, young children diagnosed with cystic fibrosis are taught to say "65 roses" to help them pronounce the condition.
6JkZ TIL that James May of Top Gear/Grand Tour fame not only bested Gordon Ramsay in a ‘test of man’ competition (which ended with the two eating rotten shark) but beat him in culinary competition while drunk on white wine.
woOwE TIL that in the 1970s Hostess paid DC to run ads in DC comic books, and each one was a one-page comic that led to the villain getting stopped thanks to Hostess fruit pies or Twinkies.
Wkg6N TIL that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital receives most of its funding from American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities. Both were founded by Danny Thomas, as second generation Lebanese American.
kO8K1 TIL If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and nobody to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.