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TIL that in 2021 The Republic of Turkey officially changed it's spelling to Türkiye

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0wdG5 TIL that when Alice Cooper released their album "School's Out" to the public, they pranked the public by warping the record in a pair of vibrant colored (and flammable) panties
m1RnR TIL from 1961 to 1965, Mossad operative Eli Cohen spied in Syria as Kamal Amin Thaabet, managed to integrate the highest ranks of military and government and was considered to become deputy minister for defense until caught by counterintelligence
J1pvQ TIL that in 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner set the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and 25 minutes, providing valuable insights into the effects of extreme sleep loss on the human mind and body.
XEYe8 Til about the two frogs that were married as an offering to God and divorced two months after in a ritual to stop rains in Bhopal, India which were causing floods
nerNG TIL SR-71 pilot Bill Weaver survived plunging from more than 78k feet after his plane malfunctioned and fell apart around him at more than 3 times the speed of sound. The force of the disintegration was so massive he was ripped from his ejection seat. Two weeks later he was back flying the Blackbird