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TIL that just inside the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City is a tiny shop that is the world’s only surviving tattoo shop for medieval pilgrims. This is Razzouk Ink, a shop run by a family who have been involved in the cultural practice of inking marks of faith on pilgrims as far back as 1300.

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p8nEQ TIL Steve Irwin once discovered a new species of turtle while on a fishing trip with his father and he had the honor of naming it. It's called Irwin's Turtle (Elseya irwini).
5NMR TIL in the 1980’s, over 6,000 Hemophiliacs living in the US were given HIV-tainted blood by health care companies still active today.
Wg5Y TIL a Russian nuclear submarine had its electricity cut by the electricity company at a naval base due to unpaid bills. The submarine’s cooling system stopped working and the reactor came close to meltdown
X0V66 TIL the most expensive street in Australia - Wolsley Road, Point Piper (Sydney), has a MEDIAN home value of $24 million.
kOBPd TIL in 2004, corporate attorney Nathan Sawaya quit his lucrative job to build Lego professionally so he could "get away from the daily grind". His sculptures now command six figure prices each.