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TIL that the peace sign stands for Nuclear Disarmament

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LkZAV TIL of the Great bison belt. A tract of grassland that ran from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico around 9000 BCE, which allowed the bison to outlive other Ice Age animals and let the animal become the staple food of the Plains Paleo-Indians
9wkRX TIL the "half your age plus seven rule" was created in 1901 by a French author who believed men should marry women who were half their age plus seven
7vlL TIL a man survived Nazi Doctor Josef Mengele removing his kidney without anesthesia and survived a gas chamber as he was the 201st person in line for a chamber of 200 people.
NGMQ TIL Honolulu in Hawaii is ranked 4th among US cities for the most skyscrapers behind only to New York City, Chicago and Miami
JYO4 TIL that Sacha Baron Cohen, previously best known for his comedic characters Borat, Ali G and Brüno, has been chosen to play Freddie Mercury in a film about his life