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TIL that the CIA overthrew Irans last elected President paving the way for the Iran that we know today.

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kO0o4 TIL the letter C in latin is always pronounced as a K. Famous names like Caesar was actually pronounced Kaesar and worlds like Circus is pronounced Kirkos.
OoPYR TIL about Roselle, a seeing-eye dog that led her blind owner, Michael Hingson, down 1,463 steps from the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Dog and owner exited just before the South Tower collapsed, and both survived.
Wk6xX TIL Atheist churches exist and they're styled after Mega Churches in the United States. Located in places like Dublin, Sydney, and New York, they are places for Atheists to replicate the Church experience.
EgK9X TIL about the italien Hatchiko, a dog named Fido, who waited for 14 years at a bus stop for his owner, who was killed in an allied air raid during world war 2.
NNdP TIL China has banned ‘seductive’ banana-eating while live-streaming to clamp down on inappropriate and erotic online content