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TIL Quentin Tarantino Wanted Kurt Cobain as Pulp Fiction’s Lance the Jesus-esque drug dealer.

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Z8WOQ TIL that in arabic language, Sham means left hand side and Yemen means right hand side, hence the Arabic names of Syria and Yemen as they are on left and right of Saudi Arabia when you face east
Aoew TIL that Spring Temple Buddha statue is the world’s highest statue and was build in 2002 and is of 153 meter including a 20 meter lotus throne.
OoyJ4 TIL a bone marrow transplant recipient’s blood type eventually changes to match the blood type of the donor.
pYWJp TIL that, at the time of Sweden's first census, the population was so much lower than expected that the Swedish government hid the information as to not reveal to other countries how little manpower they really had.
wXA1 TIL that the furnace used by glass blowers to reheat the glass during the blowing process is called a “Glory Hole”.