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TIL Turkish coffee fortune-telling began in the 1500s as a secret way for isolated women in Ottoman harems to gossip. Today, this 500-year-old tradition is a UNESCO cultural heritage and has even evolved into an AI fortune-telling app with 5 million users.

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