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TIL the city of Sialkot, Pakistan makes about 70% of all footballs/soccer balls in the world

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wowmJ TIL Xi'an, the ancient city in the Northwest China that used to be the capital for many medieval Chinese dynasties (also appears in the Chinese classic "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"), has now a Muslim quarter and a sizable Muslim population. 3 percent of Chinese population are Muslims.
XEAMj TIL: During the times of Columbus there was a general consensus that the Earth was indeed NOT flat but Round & the myth that he set out to disprove flat-earthers was perpetuated by US authors of the 19th Century
Wkpnd TIL that Texas still has a mutual combat law. This means that duelling is still legal according the Texas penal code. The law states that any two individuals who feel the need to fight can agree to mutual combat through a signed, verbal or implied communication and have at it (fists only, however).
DQwrp TIL All of Nicholas Sparks’ books (author of The Notebook) have been New York Times bestsellers.
X0OYD TIL the oldest object in England’s Crown Jewels is a spoon