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TIL that Adolf Hitler won an election in Namibia

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kJdM7 TIL that there's an Egyptian Hieroglyph unicode bock! And it has many interesting characters! 𓂺
eg1E TIL that Muhammad Ali was invited to North Korea in 1995 with a collection of other athletes. Though he didn’t speak much during the visit, at one function, as officials claimed they could take out the US or Japan whenever they wanted to, Ali declared loudly “no wonder we hate these motherfuckers.”
18Nd TIL one whale carcass can support other forms of life for 50 to 75 years, which is comparable to the lifespan of the whale itself.
e04yD TIL not only is Kenan Thompson SNL's longest-tenured cast member, he is the 1st one born after the show premiered in 1975
AN7gn TIL about auto brewery syndrome, where various yeasts and bacteria in a persons gut produce alcohol in intoxicating quantities.