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TIL Zablon Simintov is the only jew left in Afghanistan

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W700d TIL the first modern pharmaceutical medicine was invented in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, a German who extracted the main active chemical from opium in his laboratory and named it morphine, after the Greek god of sleep
v1mkR TIL that, while filming "Polar Bear Family and Me", Gordon Buchanan was forced to sit tight whilst a seemingly hungry polar bear tried to get him by clawing, biting and rocking his protective pod
Qw9d TIL that when John Cougar was told he had to lip sync for a TV performance he and his band protested by appearing on stage with the wrong instruments
LQ6J9 TIL Alexander Pushkin, known as the father of Russian literature, was the great-grandson of an Ethiopian prince.
wLg98 TIL there is a city called North Pole, Alaska. The city is known for having year round Christmas decorations.