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TIL that some of the most spectacular and unspoiled Roman ruins are located in Libya

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7AXp TIL that there is a company that provides private flights for individuals who want to join the mile high club. For $425.00 you get a 1 hour flight, chocolate, champagne, a curtain and 1 VERY DISCREET PILOT
9wP5r TIL about Kintsugi. The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. It signifies the breaking of an object as a part of its past, and not something to be hidden or embarrassed about.
Y7L5G TIL some sharks lay spiral shark eggs and others lay 'mermaid purses'. Some sharks are oviparous (lay eggs), some are viviparous (give birth to living young) and other sharks are ovoviviparous (the eggs hatch inside the mother before the young are born alive)
NXQLM TIL Chocolate sheet cakes and mixes, and the nominally-chocolate dark wafers in Oreos, taste so different than other common chocolate foods because they use black cocoa. Black cocoa is created by a different process than natural or Dutch-processed cocoa, which results in a very unique taste.
e1kb TIL OJ Simpson’s father was a gay drag queen who died of AIDS