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TIL Jerry Seinfeld’s grandparents were from Aleppo, Syria

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b9jQ9 TIL Scientists reveal how 34.5 million-year-old fish fossils help build up rare earth mineral deposits used to make LED, wind turbines, and rechargeable batteries
D1lkj TIL Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters are not friends
PWmG TIL that Muzzammil Hassan, the founder of a TV network designed to combat negative stereotypes of Muslims, beheaded his wife because she filed for divorce
ne9Md TIL a man in 2002 found a way to crack the lottery in the US state of Michigan using math and probability. He figured out that if he bought a certain amount of tickets that he would certainly make a profit. He and his wife Marge ended up making millions of dollars.
xplB TIL the city of Sao Paolo implemented a “Clean City Law” in 2006, which banned all outdoor advertisements. No billboards, no ads on buses, no posters. This ‘uncovered’ problems such as illegal workers living in bad conditions but also lead to more street art and more visible city architecture.