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TIL that in the Aboriginal Australian language of Ritharrŋu the polite response to a sneeze is “Klas bin gurruwan” meaning “You have released nose-water.” The sneezer then responds with “Bla mela nana!” meaning “I am dry now.”

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WkePL TIL that since 1814, the diamond-studded Iffland-Ring is hold by the "most significant and most worthy actor of the German-speaking theatre"
BgBmk Til that only three objects have ever been recovered from inside the great pyramid
jXDp TIL that Mormonism founder Joseph Smith along with his following Brigham Young believed that Moon as well as Sun is inhabited by Men and Women who lived as long as 1000 years with men all being 6 feet tall dressed uniformly like Quakers.
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