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TIL the slogan for Kazakhstan's tourism board is "Very nice!"

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Ed0P TIL that the actress who voiced Snow White in the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was forbidden to appear in any other film, television or media after the film was released until her death. Disney didn’t want to “Ruin the illusion of Snow White.”
G4e4 TIL that Lisbon is nearly four centuries older than Rome, and is the second oldest European capital after Athens.
OA04 TIL that in 2011 it was revealed that the US have a spy operation that manipulates social media (including sites like Reddit, incase you hadn’t already noticed….)
Ypxgd TIL Cellini's statue of Perseus with the Head of Medusa was placed in Florence facing Michelangelo's statue of David. Since David is facing Medusa's head, he turns to stone. This symbolized the Medici family regaining power over the Republic of Florence, which the David was a symbol for.
gMybX TIL: Port Royal, Jamaica, a pirate safe haven in the Caribbean slid into the ocean largely intact during a massive earthquake. Nautical archeologists can now explore entire sections of old buildings underwater.