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TIL in Dubai, license plates are bought and sold for upwards of $14 million in order to show status, with 1 being the most desired, then 2, then so on.

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gMoK4 TIL That during Eurovision 1978 the Jordanian broadcaster censored the Israeli performance, instead showing pictures of flowers. When it became apparent that Israel would win, the broadcast was cut off and it was announced that Belgium had won instead.
7ppM TIL there is a tribe in Africa who believe Europe is the afterlife, and all its inhabitants are spirits
LkOdd TIL that Disney artist and animator Ruthie Thompson, who worked on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), is still alive today at age 107.
4rOo TIL that lemon juice makes fish taste and smell less ‘fishy’ because its acid neutralizes a chemical group in the fish called amines, making them non-volatile and stopping the smell.
NXn5N TIL about Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (or the "tooth in eye" surgery) where a part of a tooth is implanted into an eye to restore patient's vision