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TIL that places that end in -stan mean “places of” in Persian

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v1xjR TIL that rodents can't throw up
7rYeO TIL A Tribe Called Quest hasn’t made a penny off of “Can I Kick It?” Lou Reed took 100% of all royalties and publishing because the song sampled the bass line from his hit “Walk on the Wild Side.”
OoeDa TIL that “Ethiopia Skate”, a non-profit org., helped raise money to pay for skateboards for kids in Ethiopia and even created Ethiopia’s first skate park in 2016; it’s free of charge.
Bg14d TIL Alligators Are Native to Oklahoma
Z85kp TIL Goochland (pop. 861), the home of Stoolbend's arch-rival high school on The Cleveland Show, is a real place in Virginia. Stoolbend is a fictional place and the name comes from a river bend where poop was found floating on a fishing trip.