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TIL about a place in Oyo State Nigeria called Igbo-Ora, regarded as the twins capital of the world with up up 150 twin sets per 1000 births

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GYbAJ TIL that Pan Am jet “Clipper Climax” featured in the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Clipper Climax would later crash into a mountain in Indonesia as Pan Am Flight 812, killing everyone on board.
6EAZZ TIL that the term "Third World" does not refer to poor countries, but rather countries that did not align with either the West (the "First World") or the Soviet Union (the "Second World") during the Cold War. This includes wealthy nations like Switzerland.
k075 TIL That Superman as Clark Kent was 4-F during WWII for poor vision because he read the Eye chart in the next room.
OokNe TIL of Chess boxing, a sport that combines chess and boxing in alternating rounds, popular in Germany, India, Russia and the UK.
ne17r TIL that in a 2018 English women's football (soccer) match, the referee, upon being without a coin for the pregame coin toss, had the team captains play rock paper scissors to determine which team would kick-off. The referee was subsequently suspended by the FA for three weeks