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TIL that To obtain a passport, Pakistani citizens must declare whether they are Muslim or non-Muslim; Muslims also must affirm that they accept the unqualified finality of the Prophethood of Mohammed, declare that Ahmadis are non-Muslims, and specifically denounce the founder of the Ahmadi movement.

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wojMJ TIL The cornea is one of only two parts of the human body without blood vessels. The cornea is the clear part of the eye that covers the pupil and other parts of the eye. It gets its oxygen directly from the atmosphere. The other organ is cartilage.
X0o7E TIL the company of Cards Against Humanity paid to buy the island of Hawaii 2 (in Maine ofc)
ELEV TIL “Kintsukuroi” is the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken.
ep05J TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical planet, ten times larger than Earth, that may lie in the outer reaches of the solar system and would explain a peculiar cluster of trans-Neptunian objects.
OGADX TIL that in 2016, Buzz Aldrin explored Antarctica. This was an experience that nearly killed him. Also, after he left NASA, he continued to promote space exploration, and his mom's name was Marion Moon, which was a complete coincident.