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TIL Two orphan South Korean Sisters were separated in 40 years and were reunited while working on the same floor of the same shift in Florida Hospital

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x68lk TIL Sri Lankan netball player Tharjini Sivalingam is the tallest netball player in the world with a height of 6 ft 10 in. She was also the oldest ever player to feature in a Netball World Cup at the age of 44 during the 2023 World Cup. She also obtained a degree in Economics.
ppMQ TIL the Bible’s story of Noah’s Ark is based on a 1st millennium Assyrian copy of a story known as the Epic of Gilgamesh. This story itself is over 4100 year old and is considered to be the earliest surviving great work of literature in human history.
7r1Ax TIL Ukrainian Trident/Tryzyb was also the Coat of Arms of the Viking ruling dynasty of Kiev Rus 1,000 years ago, and it is believed to mean a symbol of the Holy Trinity
7JpX TIL a guy got rich by selling old farmer’s clothes to hipsters and yuppies
x6Jv1 TIL that the n in 7-ELEVEn is lowercase because the President's wife thought that all caps looked too aggressive and harsh. She thought the change made the logo appear to be more graceful.