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TIL there is a town in Mexico where people have a huge fist fight to summon rain.

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nWEJ7 TIL the story of Aladdin was not in the original Arabic version of One Thousand and One Nights (aka Arabian Nights). It was added by a French translator. The tale is set in a Chinese city, with Aladdin being Chinese himself.
nAad TIL of Donald Crowhurst who in 1968 entered an around the world yacht race, he abandoned the race early on but continued to report false positions in an attempt to make it appear as if he was still competing and ultimately went insane and killed himself
GAX45 TIL : That Voyager 2 is actually older than Voyager 1
awZoL TIL NFL players Nick, Joey, and John Bosa, Eric and Jake Kumerow are all grandsons of longtime Chicago Outfit crime boss Tony Accardo.
0g0L TIL that 57 Regiment doesn´t exist in Turkish army because almost every single one of them died when they were ordered “to die” in Gallipolli war. Turks believe that such men as those could never, by mere humans, be replaced.