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TIL Mandi Tribe in Bangladesh practices father-daughter marriage

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awAKy TIL Hans Zimmer isolated himself for 30 days in his apartment to help him compose the soundtrack for Interstellar
LBev TIL once 4th largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea, has declined to only 10% of its original size since the 1960’s. The shrinking of the Aral Sea has been called one of the planet’s worst environmental disasters.
xVWM7 TIL In April 1918, Winston Churchill nominated Theodore Roosevelt to be the Allies plenipotentiary to Moscow. The plan was for Roosevelt to make a deal where Lenin reentered the war and the Allies would "safeguard the permanent fruits of the Revolution"
dDgdB TIL Oscar the Grouch was originally orange in the very 1st season of Sesame Street but was changed to green by the 2nd season because the orange made him look scary, with the show's lore saying he turned green after a moldy vacation to Swamp Mushy Muddy
oRGk8 TIL that the 1952 light heavyweight title boxing bout between Sugar Ray Robinson and Joey Maxim in New York was held in stifling heat. Referee Ruby Goldstein collapsed after the 10th round, and was replaced by Ray Miller. Robinson was unable to continue after 13 rounds due to heat exhaustion.