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TIL that the Iranian government banned the mullet as a measure to “confront the cultural assault by the West”

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jNKnX TIL Disney's Space Mountain uses fans to blow air on you to create the illusion that you are going faster than you really are.
yWYp TIL When quoestioned about the rape and violence in Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin replied: “The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.”
MeZo8 TIL that the Colombian town of López de Micay is the wettest place in the world, with an average of 315 rainy days a year (the least rainy month is February, with 23 rainy days), and an average of 16000 mm of rainfall annually
XlJk TIL Takeout coffee cups are not recyclable and billions are wasted every year