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TIL that begging is illegal in Nepal

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4XrY5 TIL that there is a condition Uterus Didelphys where a person has a double uterus with two separate cervices. In some instances there have been twin births where each uterus carried a separate pregnancy.
R7WA8 TIL that in 1985, the mayors of Carthage and Rome met to formally end the 3rd Punic War after 2,131 years.
mkLY TIL that an Australian man living by a cliff has prevented around 160 suicides in his 50 years of living there, by striking up a conversation with people contemplating suicide and inviting them to his house for tea.
YpyOv Today I learned that this seemingly-simple piece of art sold for $66,000,000.00.
pKnA TIL: That Nathan’s Hot Dogs were originally priced so low, that customers were hesitant to trust their quality. In response, the founder paid locals to wear white lab coats to fool the public into thinking that doctors from Coney Island Hospital were eating the hot dogs.