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TIL Tony Blair is a hero in Kosovo and some children are named “Tonibler” in his honour

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79rL TIL that the 2015 price of gasoline in Venezuela was 1/5th of $.01, or 482 gallons with just one dollar.
1aXyd TIL Galileo used a crude refracting telescope. His initial version only magnified 8x but was soon refined to 20x magnification. The main problem with his telescopes was their very narrow field of view, typically about half the width of the Moon
NYoN TIL spiked dog collars made their first appearance in ancient Greece, designed to protect the dogs throats from wolf attacks
bkv4 TIL that death as a result of shaken vending machines is twice as common as death from a shark attack.
R7AOl TIL that we use only one nostril at a time and switch usage throughout the day.