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TIL dead skin cells are a main ingredient in household dust

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X0aZP TIL that the largest city in the ancient mediterranean was a Greek colony called Sybaris which held up to 300,000 inhabitants, the city was destroyed in 510 BC and was lost to history until its ruins were rediscovered in 1932.
gMKvW TIL that when legendary baseball player Yogi Berra died in 2015, the Associated Press obituary accidentally announced the death of Yogi Bear.
MLAB TIL the US State Department charges a fee of $2,350 to any individual who wishes to renounce his or her American citizenship.
XbLE TIL that every president since Richard Nixon has had an assassination attempt.
OoegR TIL there is a group of people who place a white rose at the 9/11 memorial on the person’s name who would be having a birthday that day.