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

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MeyQA TIL There is an island in Ontario known as Treasure Island. Treasure Island is a large island in Lake Mindemoya, on Manitoulin Island, which is in Lake Huron. It is said to be the world's largest island in a lake on an island in a lake.
VMQJQ TIL Clara Peller, a retired manicurist, was hired at age 80 as a temp on a commercial set. Her voice and manner brought an acting contract, and she became rich and famous from Wendy's "Where's the beef" campaign and later roles during the last 5 years of her life.
Rm0j TIL “got milk?” ads were originally translated to Spanish as “are you lactating?”
Bgmny TIL The Rolling Stone's bassist Bill Wyman's son married Bill's ex-wife's mother. Consequently, he became his own sons' ex-son in law, the father in law of his ex- mother in law, and the step- grandfather of his ex-wife.
41K6 TIL, Senator John Sherman, author of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, said “If we will not endure a king as a political power we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life.”