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TIL Yao Ming is an ambassador for elephant conservation
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TIL Nicosia, Cyprus is the only capital city in the world divided between two separate countries. Furthermore, both countries claim it as their capital making it also the only city in the world that is the capital for more than one nation.
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TIL a soldier in Napoleon's army invented "night writing" in the early 1800s so soldiers could communicate safely in the dark. It was then adapted and perfected by Louis Braille to give us the tactile writing system known as "Braille", which is used by vision impaired persons worldwide.
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TIL Ian Fleming’s fictional car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was again built in 2002 at a cost of £750,000, making it the most expensive stage prop ever according to the Guinness World Records.
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TIL the original Constitution does not contain the words God, Jesus, Lord, Slave, or Slavery.
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TIL that in 2008 a computer virus was able to inflict actual physical harm on a number of people