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TIL that Aladdin, one of the most iconic characters from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, was Chinese

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b9Ex9 TIL the longest published word in Turkish is muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine, which, roughly translated into English, means: "As though you are from those whom we may not be able to easily make into a maker of unsuccessful ones"
eAan TIL That Sony Created an OS to Turn Any Older PS2 Into a Desktop Computer In 2002
P1YmV TIL that despite being the largest planet in the Solar System, Jupiter also spins the fastest. It completes one full rotation in just under 10 hours.
5V5wD TIL In 1990 Saudi Arabia expelled around 1 million Yemeni workers as the Yemen Govt. supported Saddam Hussain in the Iraqi war against Kuwait, an ally of Saudi Arabia. This resulted Yemen to lose out $3 billion in yearly remittances that these 'foreign' workers normally transferred to their homeland
XEvV8 TIL a whale (188 decibels) is louder than the Space shuttle launching (160 decibels).