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TIL Damascus, the capital of Syria, is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.

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69exJ TIL Pandas don’t breed well in captivity because both male and female giant pandas have to be interested in each other in order to mate
QJYxE TIL that the Maya used to import turkeys from Mexico and worship them like gods.
WkMKA TIL, that while they may look silly and harmless, platypuses can be dangerous — at least certain ones. The males come equipped with sharp stingers on the heels of their rear feet that can add some extra pain to a kick.
pQo4 TIL in the Winter War, the Soviets, while bombing the Finns, claimed they were air-dropping food to the “starving people of Helinski”. The Finnish people dubbed the Soviet bombs “Molotov bread baskets”, and in return called their firebombs Molotov cocktails, as “a drink to go with the food.”
O6Mg TIL “Coffee is the second most valuable commodity exported from developing countries, petroleum being the first”