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TIL that snake charming has nothing to do with the music being played but instead has to do with the instrument’s movement.

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7rOyX TIL Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, totaling 297 billion barrels. In addition to conventional oil, Venezuela has oil sands deposits similar in size to those of Canada, and approximately equal to the world's reserves of conventional oil.
78MNx TIL that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO in 1969
rR8v4 TIL: that its a common practice in China, to not tell an old person about their cancer diagnosis, where it is believed that telling them can make their condition deteriorate quicker.
4K5w TIL: That “fruit salad trees” are real, and can grow several different kinds of fruit.
NXVpb TIL that Perdiccas, the man who was supposed to rule Alexander the Great empire after he died, refused the job the first time so that the others would beg him to take it, but instead they just accepted his refusal and divided it among themselves