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TIL that in non-English speaking countries, Dora the Explorer teaches you... English!

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8abwa TIL that instead of doing a traditional press conference to talk about his Super Bowl XLI show, Prince put on a mini-concert instead
Zp7K4 TIL that Cluster headaches - a disorder with no known cause that affects roughly 0.05% of people per year and causes headaches regarded as the most severe pain known to medicine - received less than $2 million in research funding from the US National Institutes of Health between 1998-2013.
wLZo8 TIL in a 1925 divorce settlement a man was required by his ex-wife to build an exact replica of their former home, but she didn't specify where- so he built it with saltwater plumbing on a nearby island.
4kkoa TIL that methanol (the fuel used in race cars), when on fire, has invisible flames and no smoke.
Xml6 TIL the Aral Sea, once the 4th largest lake in the world, has been steadily shrinking since the 1960’s. It’s now 1/10th the original size. Nearly 90% of the water has now given way to sandy desert with wrecks of beached boats dotting the surface.