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TIL Muhammad Ali Once Helped Negotiate the Release of 15 U.S. Hostages in Iraq

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aM7M TIL There is a cruise ship named “The World” – Its residents permanently live there as it travels the globe.
YprZB TIL 50 Shades of Grey was originally a fan fiction of the Twilight series
ANQ0w TIL After the Aral Sea dried up significantly, Kazakhstan revived the northern part of the lake while the South Aral Sea in Uzbekistan is almost completely desiccated. Kazakhstan’s 12km-long dyke saved part of the northern sea by connecting it with the southern section
bvlN TIL that Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd would say to his friends and family that we would never live to be thirty. He was 29 when he was killed in a plane crash while on tour.
5V9Ln TIL that twice a year since the mid 70s, Sweden sends North Korea a bill for 1000 Volvos they bought but never paid for.