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TIL that the Apple Stocks app icon represents the point where Apple's share value passed Dell's

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XBoj TIL Damascus is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, with evidence of habitation dating back at least 11,000 years.
OoXwL TIL about the title Nebraska Admiral. The title, which officially grants control of all of the landlocked state's "Navy officers, seamen, tadpoles and goldfish" to its recipients has been awarded to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr. and Queen Elizabeth II. among others.
Y7VvG TIL the moon pose (facing one's backside to the judges & bending over from a standing position) is the only banned pose in bodybuilding. When it was still allowed, bodybuilders who performed it were labeled as homosexuals & the public accused them of trying to entice the judges which led to the ban.
ANron TIL that Ethiopia and Eritrea are the only two African countries not to have a European language or Arabic as their official language.
kJGn4 TIL In Canada, pepper spray is illegal. If used on someone and causing serious bodily harm or environmental damage, it can lead to penalties of up to a $500,000 fine and up to 3 years in prison.