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TIL that there is only one Jewish person in Afghanistan, and he lives alone in a dilapidated synagogue.

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aOnM TIL that in 2009, several lenders were caught raising interest rates, lowering credit limits, and even damaging the overall credit scores of customers who shopped at thrift and low cost retailers, based on the assumption that they were struggling financially.
kOdD1 TIL Canadians pronounce the letter Z "zed." Moreover, I come to find out Americans are the ONLY ones who pronounce it like "zee."
gM6p8 TIL the founder of the KKK, a Confederate cavalry general, later ordered the klan to disband and called for racial harmony between whites and blacks
noQG TIL For those who have trouble sleeping researchers say that 1 week of camping, without electronics, resets our biological body clock and synchronizes our melatonin hormones with sunrise and sunset.
5Yoyr TIL that when a hawk moth caterpillar feels threatened, its body swells up taking the shape of a pit viper's head, with two huge black markings appearing as the snakes' eyes. The caterpillar also turns itself over to reveal its belly, completely transforming itself into a menacing predator.