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TIL of 1,000-year old windmills still operating in Iran

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6ArW TIL Donkey Kong got his name because Miyamoto thought “donkey” meant “stupid” in English.
Gygj TIL a month after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, a massive typhoon hit the city, killing 2,000
P4jG TIL actor Peter Butterworth was a POW who took part in the actual “Great Escape,” but was rejected for the film for not looking “convincingly heroic or athletic.”
W7VAN TIL that , "Wet" by Snoop Dogg was specifically recorded for Prince William of Wales
vPwEj TIL that in 2018, during a local election for mayor in Makassar, Indonesia, a man ran unopposed and received more than 260,000 votes. He lost to a blank ballot, which received over 300,000 votes.