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TIL the capital of Tajikistan is named Dushanbe, which literally translates to “Monday.” It was also briefly named Stalinabad (“Stalin’s Paradise”) during the reign of the USSR.

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8evNV TIL star systems are much closer together near the center of the galaxy, with some being only 0.4–0.04 light-years apart
LkG4P TIL that the name Big Ben properly refers only to the bell inside the clock tower, and not the tower itself nor the clock.
78VXX TIL: After organizers told Roberta Gibbs women weren't capable of marathons, she dressed in men's clothes, hid near the starting line & joined the middle of the pack at the '66 Boston Marathon. When runners figured out her disguise, they began cheering. She was the 1st woman to finish the race.
R5bX9 TIL that psilocybin-assisted treatment improve drinking outcomes in patients with alcohol use disorder relative to outcomes observed with active placebo medication
lo1pK TIL a gannet named Nigel, was dubbed "the loneliest bird in the world" due to the absence of any other birds of his species on his island. Conservationists built fake concrete birds to attract more birds but Nigel ended up falling in love with one the decoys.