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TIL The richest black woman in the world is no longer Oprah Winfrey, but a Nigerian philanthropist and oil tycoon named Folorunsho Alakija.

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QJwn9 TIL an enormous Buddhist relic known as the Buddha's Begging Bowl, weighing 350 to 400 kg, is kept in the Kabul museum. When the Taliban captured Kabul, they destroyed all other Buddhist relics except the bowl, since at some point Quranic verses were inscribed on it.
JY988 TIL Notorious Hellraiser and actor Oliver Reed once “kidnapped” the milkman while delivering to his home in Surrey, and took him on a two-day drinking binge.
e0pen TIL there is a fish poison makes hot things feel icy and cold things feel burning hot.
GYRZ5 TIL of the Puck Fair in Killorglin, Ireland. The locals find a mountain goat and bring it into town. They then have a young girl crown it as the Puck King. They then take photos with it, put it up in a tower and party for the next three days.
e08xn TIL The exclamation "Yee-haw" was invented by Hollywood. It may have come from the terms to lead a team of horses right (gee) and left (haw).