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TIL in 2006 Iran banned sale of The Economist magazine because it published a map labelling the Persian Gulf simply as Gulf

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neYOB TIL about Gobekli Tepe, a 12,000-year-old temple (7,000 years older than Stonehenge) that predates humanity's oldest known civilizations and is full of strange animal carvings and towering stone pillars. The site's true purpose is still unknown.
jNXga TIL about the 50 Cent Party, which has nothing to do with 50 Cent
loQKG TIL that the dancers in Fame (1980) didn't dance to the title track 'Fame' in the street scene, they danced to a different song, Donna Summers 'Hot Stuff' as at the time of the three-day shoot, the song hadn't been written.
a8DbZ TIL Smokers are 16 more times likely to develop optic neuropathy, a sudden loss of vision, which often leads to permanent blindness.
DQ9Wj TIL the first ever recorded indoor hockey game was held at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec on March 3, 1875.