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TIL that prior to 1966, Indian Rupee was the currency for the Gulf Countries of UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.

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0JBM TIL Tim Harris is a man with Down syndrome who owns and runs a restaurant in Albuquerque, Tim’s Place. It’s the only known restaurant owned by a person with Down syndrome. He has also won more Olympic medals than Michael Phelps, at the Special Olympics.
VXp4 TIL Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux during World War II, defied a direct order from his own government and issued transit visas to as many as 30,000 refugees seeking to escape the Nazis
Lkpxr TIL that there is a mountain of evidence that humans can perceive colours that exist outside of the normal spectrum—they're called 'impossible colors' and they're quite literally indescribable
7r4ep TIL: Due to their thick, muscular tail, Kangaroos cannot walk forward or backward. They can only jump forward.
rN9wx TIL that Bamboo is a Grass, not a Tree