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TIL that there is a special punctuation mark called the percontation point that can be used at the end of a sentence to indicate that the question is rhetorical. e.g. "Did you know about this؟"

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Yjr TIL some Asian babies are born with a Mongolian Blue Spot, a blue birth mark on the lower back and bum that usually disappears after 3 to 5 years.
4XwEN TIL Jupiter's moon Europa is covered by a thick layer of ice, with a huge subsurface ocean of liquid water underneath it. Estimates give the ocean an average depth of 100km, and a radius of 877km. This equates to 3 times the combined volume of water of Earth's oceans.
R5mPQ TIL the Irish Crown Jewels were stolen in 1907 and have never been found.
v88x TIL David Bowie kept a fur-covered pit in his living room for orgies.
loGY5 TIL that Liechtenstein & Uzbekistan are the only two double landlocked countries in the world. A country is "doubly landlocked" or "double-landlocked" when it is surrounded only by landlocked countries (requiring the crossing of at least two national borders to reach a coastline)