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TIL that Qatar is 25% female.
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TIL since 1953, the Italian bank, Credito Emiliano, has accepted giant wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese as collateral for business loans.
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TIL that in 1945, the day before Germany surrendered, the RAF shot a boat carrying holocaust victims, killing about 5,000 people. Three times as many as died on the Titanic
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TIL that Lea Salonga is the only actress to have provided the singing voice for two Disney princesses: Jasmine in Aladdin (1992) and Mulan (1998). The speaking voices for these characters were provided by Linda Larkin (Jasmine) and Ming-Na Wen (Mulan).
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TIL Plane hijackings used to be common in the US by Cuban-Americans wanting to return to Cuba. In a 7 year span from 1968-1974, 130 planes were hijacked.
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TIL: Flowers didn’t exist until dinosaurs and mammals were already roaming the earth.