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TIL Norway have polar nights when the sun never rises for several months

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WvEA TIL that the “Miracle Berry” fruit, a novelty that makes bitter foods taste sweet, has been used to help chemo patients increase their food intake.
BrWOe TIL Abram Gannibal was a black African-born Russian nobleman in the 18th century. Sold into slavery, he was eventually freed by Peter the Great and adopted into the Emperor's household as his godson. His great-great grandson is the celebrated author and poet Alexander Pushkin.
W7GZY TIL in Qigong theory, sexual excitement is believed to redirect energy from many pathways to the sexual organs, with ejaculation expelling it completely, leading to masturbation being seen as "energy suicide". A related Chinese proverb states, "a drop of semen equals ten drops of blood".
QNM5a TIL that in 1969 Cuyahoga River in Cleveland Ohio literally caught on fire, which resulted in the creation of the federal Environmental Protection Agency the next year
X9Dk TIL that in 1976, after two U.S. Army Officers were killed by North Korean soldiers while tree trimming in the Joint Security Area, America and South Korea responded with “Operation Paul Bunyan” in which they brought a 813 man team, attack helicopters and fighter jets to chop the tree down.