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TIL jenga is Swahili for build

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Zppmv TIL 1941 after a meteor shower two Canadian Inuit announced they were Jesus and God and convinced people to kill their sled dogs since people will soon be able to fly. 9 people ended up losing their lives as a result of the community spread insanity.
EnbP TIL Singapore bought billions of cubic feet of sand from Cambodia because Cambodia needs money and Singapore needs land
pxBG TIL that the popularity of pizza is so recent, than in 1950, a lawyer had a witness explain to a jury what it was
oR7vr TIL It's illegal in Turkey to insult Mustafa Kemal Atatürk