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TIL that in the Nigerian version of Sesame Street, the blue monster with a food obsession isn’t obsessed with cookies, but with yams.

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JWEm TIL there is no Nobel Prize for Mathematics because Alfred Nobel did not want one.
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6eEw TIL Marie Curies research papers are still highly radioactive and to access them you must sign a waiver and wear protective clothing.
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mxpy TIL that every president ever assassinated has tried to either put U.S. Dollar notes into circulation or end the private banking systems in the U.S.