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TIL that only 1% of Jordanians surveyed in 2003 had a favorable opinion of the United States, compared to 14% in 2015.

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pBJO TIL King Peggy is a secretary in DC who was made “King” of her village in Ghana, kept her job and is massively improving life for her subjects after cleaning up corruption
KOMaw TIL in 1993 an American spelunker found evidence of people living in 2 Ukranian caves during WWII. It was 1942, when a group of families survived the Holocaust by seeking refuge in the caves. Nearly 2 years later, someone left a bottled message alerting all of them the area was safe from Nazis.
PYZ7L TIL about the Tarpeian Rock in Rome. In ancient times Romans threw traitors and murderers off this rock, named after the mythological first traitor to be flung from it: the Vestal Virgin Tarpeia.
p8XmA TIL that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was only created in 1939 and is a licensed character whose commercial rights are owned by The Rudolph Company
4XJg TIL George Takei wants Star Wars and Star Trek fans to come together and fight the Twilight menace.