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TiL that most sects of Islam either discourage or outright forbid creating art of living beings.

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9w8JX TIL by the time a kid is 13, advertisers will have gathered on average more than 72 million data points about them.
GAlo5 TIL Four Corners Monument, marking the only spot in the United States where four states (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico) come together
WkxA4 TIL the infamous "Elephant's Foot", representing a mass of radioactive corium that formed at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, will remain radioactive for 100,000 years.
eaxg TIL that the little membrane at the inner corner of the eye is a vestigial remnant of a nictitating membrane, aka transparent eyelid, present in fishes, birds and reptiles today.
5YLbk TIL: Some food factories are impressive