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TIL that cast iron pans are a good source of dietary iron

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5ag9 TIL that the accent commonly found in 30’s and 40’s films was a made-up mix between American and British English, known as Mid-Atlantic English.
exlJ TIL that the Doritos Loco Tacos are so popular that they caused the fast-food giant Taco Bell to add 15,000 jobs to the economy.
Br6pD TIL that most of the early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia, associated with family and companions of Muhammad, have been destroyed since the rise to power of Saud family in early XIX century
LkprV TIL Nurkhon Yuldashkojayeva was one of first 23 Uzbek dancers to perform unveiled on stage in 1923. In 2 months, aged 16, she was killed by her brother in honor-killing. The statue was built in 1967 to symbolize women's freedom but destroyed after Uzbekistan's independence in 1991 as being immoral.
RJn7 TIL A Siberian Man fell out of a train in -40C dressed in only shorts, t-shirt and a pair of slippers and ran 7 Km (4.3 miles) to the Station without any frostbite or even a cold !