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TIL: Skateboarding is becoming popular in Afghanistan - especially amongst women

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yQJpM TIL that Polish is the third most spoken language in Chicago
BbLy TIL 90% of college students from China in the US cheat to get admitted
awlp9 TIL in 2013 a large Egyptian statue at Manchester Museum in the UK was found to be mysteriously turning round gradually of its own accord - the phenomenon was even caught on video. The cause turned out to be vibrations from nearby roadworks.
Epao TIL pigeons can develop superstitions like walking counter-clockwise or shaking their head in order to get food