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TIL that the sign of the horns (rock and roll hand sign) is an offensive gesture in many countries symbolizing cuckoldry

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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.
YKEA TIL: Two women bet a Russian man that he couldn’t have sex with both of them for 12 hours straight. He won the bet and then died from a heart attack immediately after.
leb5 TIL Vin Diesel helped produce and finance Riddick (2013) and even put up his house as collateral to get it made. “If we didn’t finish the film, I would be homeless.”
6EJZm TIL about the YONSHAKUDAMA, the world’s largest firework weighing in at 420 KG. It is fired every year in Japan.
9wLlD TIL Kallanai Dam is The Oldest Dam in the World Still in Use