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TIL that India is called Hindustan in Persian, technically making it part of the stan group in central Asia.

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jgDn TIL a man was fined $10,000 for illegally dumping in a national park after authorities matched the time stamp on a McDonalds receipt with CCTV footage of him ordering at the drive-thru.
LQLvQ TIL Margaret Hamilton, known for playing Almira Gulch and the Wicked Witch in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, was only 36 years old at the time of filming; a full 18 years younger than Billie Burke, who played Glinda.
VM6L8 TIL that prior to the 19th century in The UK, the differentiation between a city and a village was whether or not the area had a cathedral.
dlKd TIL Henry Winkler (‘The Fonz’) has dyslexia, has written an 18-book children’s series whose main character is dyslexic, and he plays the kid’s music teacher in a BBC TV adaptation. The teacher is based on the one person who provided him moral support in his own schooling.
Lk5d0 TIL that the most successful pirate in history was a Chinese hooker.