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TIL that you don’t need to buy a Micro or Nano SIM card, you can use scissors and cut a normal sized SIM card to fit the slot.

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OoOQ1 TIL Founded in 1898, the focus for Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa has shifted from the degradation the Congolese people faced under Belgian rule to an anthropological celebration and a space for contemporary African art. After a $84 million facelift, it became the AfricaMuseum in 2018
9Y8yG TIL Ben, from Ben & Jerry's ice cream, has no sense of smell and gets his "food enjoyment" from texture. This is why the brand puts chunky ingredients in their icecream.
woEv1 TIL that between the death of James Garfield on September 19, 1881, and October 11, 1881, Chester A. Arthur served as Chairman of the New York Republican Party while simultaneously serving as the President of the United States.
9Y90Q TIL a memorial plaque to rapper Tupac Shakur was added to a bench in the sleepy coastal town of Lancing in the UK. Locals Neil Whitemore and Graham Staines justified the decision by stating “It’s brought people together, like the hip-hop community and the people who like benches”.
Br9oK TIL Stephen Hawking once threw a cocktail party for time travelers, only sending out invitations afterwards. Nobody showed up.