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TIL that Moneymaker is a real surname

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E0Ao TIL The MI6 double agent Kim Philby informed his wife of his defection via a telegram from Russia which read: “Farewell forever. Love to the children.”
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9YR4r TIL that the seven-colour rainbow flag is used by many cultures and movements - the native people of the Andes, the city of Cusco (Peru), the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (a Russian region bordering China), the shrine of Indian guru Meher Baba, and the international peace movement
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Bg7Rk TIL that the largest mall in the world is in Iran and it’s 21 million square feet