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TIL Afghanistan has their own “Parks and Recreation”-like show called “The Ministry” which satires their public offices.

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vv1K TIL that Morocco is the United State’s longest continual ally and first country to recognize the United States as an independent country.
neJdr TIL squirrels in North America once migrated in numbers of well over a billion at a time and it could several weeks for them to pass through a single town. Lewis & Clark even recorded such an event.
oBdPA [TIL]Apples sold in supermarkets can be up to a year old when bought.
Bo0K TIL when “Breaking Bad” was proposed to TV networks, 2 TNT executives loved the story pitch about a middle-aged teacher diagnosed with cancer and turning to a life of crime, but feared getting fired from their jobs over the meth storyline and wanted to change Walter White into a counterfeiter.
5VXaP TIL of the Mariko Aoki phenomenon, a Japanese expression referring to a sudden urge to defecate that is felt upon entering bookstores.