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TIL Gandalf store his smoking pipe in his staff!

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j6kZN TIL Ghazipur landfill is nicknamed "Trash Mahal" which is the tallest rubbish mountain in New Delhi almost as high as Taj Mahal.
xD75 TIL: Plants produce capsaicin to discourage rodents from eating the fruit (and grinding the seeds in the process) but birds can’t detect the chemical and don’t destroy the seeds
epj84 TIL that it is unclear where Wallace Fard Muhammad; founder of the Nation Of Islam is from, when he was born, what his ethnicity was, or where he disappeared to in 1934.
rRkeo TIL that the retirement age for men in the USA was set at 65 in 1935. The average life expectancy at the time was 61.7 years old.
oBNQE TIL that in 1948 in the US, pregnant women were not allowed to be teachers in 57% of public school districts because "the sight of pregnant women would unfavorably influence students" and because "pregnant teachers' minds would not be on their work."