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TIL There used to be a large, inland sea in Northern Africa called Mega Chad

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OGAAL TIL thay Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism are part of the same religion family: the Dharmic or indian religions.
oRY8K TIL Zak Brown, the current CEO of McLaren F1 racing, won $3,050 on Wheel of Fortune in 1984 as a teenager and spent it all on a go-kart.
GD9J TIL the “tooth fairy” leaves an average of $3.70 per tooth, up 23% since 2012.
mLKy TIL: The Soup Nazi is real. Weeks after the episode aired, Seinfeld and the production team went to Soup Kitchen International for lunch, where they were berated by Ali Yeganeh (the soup nazi) for “ruining” his business. He then bellowed, “No soup for you!” and ejected them from the restaurant.
9MQG TIL In 1906 An irish Olympic silver medalist Peter O Connor climbed a 20 foot flag pole and waved the irish flag when made to compete for Britain, All while irish and irish-American athletes fought off guards at the end of the pole.