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TIL that Although they are languages from different cultures, Icelandic (spoken in Iceland) and Bengali (spoken in Bangladesh and India) are part of the same family (Indo-European).

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v1ln7 TIL John Snow's influence helped create the modern sewer system
JY871 TIL that in 4 billion years the Andromeda galaxy will take up much of the Earth’s night sky as it nears our galaxy for collision.
6EgdJ TIL the founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, was dyslexic. Most of his products were identifiable by a set of numbers, but Kamprad had trouble remembering the codes for each product due to his disease. The unique Swedish names of IKEA’s furnitures were his way of identifying his products.