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TIL that the world's oldest roller coaster "Leap The Dips" built in 1902 is the only remaining side-friction roller coaster in North America

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dpEK TIL that after its tourism sector boomed, Kazakhstan’s foreign minister thanked Sacha Baron Cohen in 2012 for the release of Borat after the country saw a 10x increase in issued visas.
oR45E TIL an Elephant’s trunk has 40,000 muscles! A COMPLETE human body only has around 650 for comparison
Z8kLo TIL that Jesus is the most mention person in the Quaran, Mary is mentioned more times then she is in the New Testament
bk8Q TIL that in 1973 Israeli agents assassinated an innocent waiter in Lillehammer, Norway by shooting him 4 times in front of his pregnant wife.
16Ojr TIL about herma, a sculpture with a head and a torso above a plain lower section, on which male genitals were carved at the appropriate height. In ancient Greece the statues were thought to ward off harm or evil. They would be rubbed or anointed with olive oil and adorned with garlands or wreaths