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TIL Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali, North Africa.

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5VDEk TIL according to the customs of the Toraja people of Indonesia, the family of a dead person must sacrifice a buffalo. Families that don't already have one or too poor to afford buying a buffalo just assume their dead relatives are just "sick" until they can afford to sacrifice a buffalo.
9Yx4X TIL Stephen Hawking liked "The Theory Of Everything" so much that he allowed the filmmakers to use his trademarked computerized voice on it. He called the film "broadly true" and emailed the filmmakers that there were certain points when he thought he was watching himself, which left him tearful.
bYo9 TIL Scott Niedermayer is the only hockey player to win every possible Championship in his career. This includes a Gold Medal at the IIHF World Junior Championship, The Memorial Cup in the WHL, 4 Stanley Cups, 2 Olympic Gold Medals, Gold at the World Championships, & Gold at the World Cup of Hockey
6EJml TIL Celebrity worship syndrome (CWS) is an obsessive addictive disorder in which a person becomes overly involved with the details of a celebrity's personal and professional life
Brbnk TIL That in the 19th Century the US Army experimented in using camels instead of horses to traverse the American South West