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TIL It's illegal in Turkey to insult Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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XZ5Q TIL that during the Cold War the Soviet Union had many “closed cities” restricted for foreigners and tightly controlled for citizens and that even today Russia still keeps a great number of its closed cities in the former Soviet republics.
MeGea TIL of Erik Weihenmayer, the only Blind person to have climbed the Seven Summits of every continent, and the first/one of the only Blind persons to climb Mt. Everest.
8exPX TIL that Jackie Kennedy became the First First Lady and first American woman to be awarded the French Legion of Honor, the highest civilian award by the French Government for her work as a cultural ambassador of the United States and contributions to U.S foreign relations.
9wdYB TIL there is a difference between Sorbet and Sherbet despite misuse of both words. Sorbet is just fruit and sugar, whereas Sherbet contains a tiny bit of dairy for richer and creamier consistency.
1aKXP TIL that although most people believe that the distress signal SOS stands for "Save our souls" or "Save our ship", the letters don't actually stand for anything.