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TIL that Pakistan is actually an acronym for Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Indus and Sindh. The suffix -istan means “land” or “home”

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7rge7 TIL many bears in Russia are addicted to sniffing gasoline from abandoned barrels. Some are so addicted, they stalk helicopters to sniff the drops of fuel they leave behind.
NPoJ TIL an annual tradition at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is a double feature viewing of The Thing and The Shining after the last flight has left for the winter
0wVmy TIL that the Dallas Cowboys play in Arlington, Texas, The Washington Football Team plays in Maryland, The San Francisco 49ers play in Santa Clara and both New York teams play in New Jersey
VMXLZ TIL of the Welsh Christmas tradition, Mari Lwyd, in which a skeletal horse mounted on a pole visits your door singing poetry. You are then compelled to engage in a battle of rhymes and must best it or else you’ll have to let it inside and give it food.
R7mZ6 TIL In 2017, the "Bouche à Oreille" café in Bourges was accidentally given a star when it was confused with a restaurant of the same name in Boutervilliers, near Paris