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TIL there is a WHOLE day dedicated to the waffle: International Waffle Day. March 25th baby. Whoop whooop

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wLyl7 TIL that The University of al-Qarawiyyin is the oldest existing, continually operating higher educational institution in the world, operating for 1,161 years. It was founded in 859 in Fes, Morocco.
9YwjB TIL that in the 1950's, the Muslim Egyptians laughed at the idea of imposing the hijab to women.
0d0RL TIL that experiments conducted by academic specialists in animal communication "suggest that slow blink sequences may function as a form of positive emotional communication between cats and humans."
bnd9 TIL that there is a form of insomnia that is progressive and 100% fatal. Sufferers gradually lose the ability to sleep until it is completely impossible. After several months of no sleep, they become unresponsive, mute, and eventually die.
6ELjQ TIL: After Plato died , Aristotle went on to teach. Philip II of Macedonia hired him to tutor his son. Alexander who became Alexander the Great.