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TIL that Cheese Became a Pizza Topping Roughly a Century After Pizza's Invention

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rR5Qy TIL Afghanistan is believed to have only one Jewish citizen left. His name is Zablon Simintov and he refuses to leave. The country once housed a community of 40,000 Jews which dwindled down to just him. His main job is caring for Kabul's last remaining synagogue which he is the only member.
XERWE TIL African surgeons are often advised to treat hippo bites as a crushing injury rather than a penetration wound, due to the severity of damage to bones and internal organs. A majority of hippo attack survivors are left with a disability. Amputations are very common.
gMX6D TIL Theodore Roosevelt opposed putting the phrase "In God We Trust" on money, not because of secular concerns but because it would be "unwise to cheapen such a motto by use on coins"
WkZd TIL if you could drive a car straight upwards at 60mph, you could reach space in about an hour, and the moon in about 6 months.
O7jL TIL: Men and women experience near equal levels of online harassment, women are more likely to be upset by it.