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TIL that the first female chief of the Cherokee tribe is named Wilma Mankiller

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l1aV TIL that the oldest existing and continually operating educational institution in the world is a university in Morocco (University of al-Karaouine)
WpGY TIL the Häagen-Dazs ice cream creator was American and made up the brand name to sound Danish, unique, and sophisticated. It doesn’t mean anything.
Gmkj TIL Alaska has a rainforest, and its the largest one in the United States.
W16A TIL that in 1986 an electronics store chain made good on its offer to sell stereos for “299 bananas” when customers turned up with the fruit as payment
G5EE TIL there exists a fungus, the smell of which can trigger spontaneous orgasms in human females.