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TIL 92 percent of Afghan men never heard of 9/11
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TIL about the old Blue Horizon Boxing Ring ( Once voted # 1 boxing venue in the world )
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TIL that when Ian McKellen, the actor who went on to play both Magneto and Gandalf, came out as gay in the β80s, his aim was to get rid of a law in the UK called Section 28.
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TIL: Historian Herodotus described a hairy fox-sized βantβ in Asia that dug up gold from the earth, which would be collected by locals. This was likely the Himalayan marmot, which often makes its burrows in gold-rich soil. Tribal peoples of Pakistan have collected the gold for generations.
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TIL Hitlerszalonna, or “Hitler Bacon,” was the nickname given to a dense jam eaten by Hungarian soldiers and citizens during WWII. Before the war, the Austrian Emporer would send troops packages of bacon (Kaiser Bacon), but when Hitler took over the bacon was replaced with fruit jam, hence the name.
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TIL: that there was once a Nazi Swastika located from above in a german forest. trees planted in this shape only changed color in the fall revealing the swastika, and only visible from above.