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TIL there’s a militant Islamist group called MILF

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yQKwJ TIL about 20% of Greenland's population (56,186) have attempted suicide.
4k8oN TIL about the hindu goddess Kamadhenu, mother of all cows and a deity who is considered a miraculous cow of plenty. She was depicted as a white cow with wings, a female head and boobs and tail of a peafowl.
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