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TIL About the strangest named places ive ever seen!

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4E0b TIL that in parts of Africa, people often report seeing (and even being attacked by) a pterodactyl-like creature known as the kongamato
wL6AY TIL, Jean-Claude Van Damme's 2nd acting gig was as "gay karate man" in a movie called Monaco Forever. His 3rd gig was as "spectator in dance scene" in the movie Breakin'
BvWd TIL that there is a strong correlation between the display of middle initials and positive evaluation of intellectual capacity and social status.
x69AB TIL In 1990, Muhammad Ali defied then-President George H.W. Bush's wishes by traveling to Iraq, where he secured the release of 15 American citizen hostages held in Iraqi prisons and brought them home. ( President Bush would eventually award him the Medal Of Freedom.)
b9ZM0 TIL: Sarah Breedlove, an orphan born to freed slaves, became the 1st self-made female millionaire in US history around early 1900's by inventing & selling homemade hair-care products through her own factory. She even built a beauty school to train sales agents. $1 million then = $13 million today.