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TIL that Iran has an import ban on 75 so-called western luxury products, including toilet paper. The result is a huge black market in smuggled loo roll.

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kONl1 TIL that transparent aluminum, the fictitious material in the Star Trek Voyage Home film (1986) has been actually invented.
Brgk TIL in 2008, more than 200 marijuana plants were found growing inside Miami’s Mall of the Americas.
gMDj8 TIL The La Danta temple in the Mayan city of "El Mirador" measures approximately 72 metres (236 ft) tall from the forest floor, and considering its total volume (2,800,000 cubic meters) is one of the largest pyramids in the world (pyramid of Cheops volume of 2,600,000 cubic meters).
6EK7m TIL that apples are very effective at keeping you awake in the morning or when sleepy.
R7ZX9 TIL that farmers in India used to catch monkeys by putting peanuts in coconuts and walking up to them. The holes in the coconut had to be big enough to allow them to slip their hands inside and small enough so that when they grabbed the peanuts and formed a fist they couldn't take their hands out.