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TIL that in Iran, the US is the “Great Satan”, the USSR was the “Lesser Satan”, and Israel is the “Little Satan”.

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v1YdL TIL Earl Tupper, inventor and founder of the Tupperware Company, sold his ownership interest, bought himself an island in Costa Rica, and gave up his U.S. citizenship to avoid taxes.
pwgp TIL of an unfinished skyscraper in Venezuela inhabited entirely by squatters
9YXnQ TIL that the Haskalah, often termed Jewish Enlightenment was an intellectual movement among the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The Haskalah promoted rationalism, liberalism, freedom of thought and enquiry, and is largely perceived as the Jewish variant of the general Age of Enlightenment.
xVMeb TIL that lemurs, flying foxes and narrow-striped mongooses got to the Madagascar by rafting there, according to scientists.
yrva TIL I learned of camp 1391, a “secret” Israeli prison where prisoners are locked in a 2m by 2m cell, are sexually and physically abused by the guards. No lawyers or human rights activists are allowed in.