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TIL Iraq was the first country in MENA (Arabs + Turkey and Iran) to have a female minister, Naziha al-Dulaimi an Iraqi feminist and communist who helped topple the monarchy and codify women's rights into law.

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8eXBX TIL Not all owls are nocturnal. Most owl species are nocturnal, only two owl species are diurnal(active in day) and some are crepuscular(active in twilight)
e0eNE TIL Mark Twain loved cats. Some reports say he owned as many as 32, he would write them into his stories, and would even rent them on vacation. He once wrote “When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.”
j9RM TIL the marble masterpiece “Sleeping Hermaphroditus” was unearthed ~1608 after being buried for centuries. In 1620, 22-yr-old phenom Gian Lorenzo Bernini carved the marble mattress on which s/he lies today that’s so strikingly realistic visitors are compelled to give it a testing prod.
4kaGR TIL about the London Beer Flood of 1814. One of the Horse Shoe Brewery's fermentation tank supporting bands snapped and set loose 320,000 gallons of beer on the neighborhood of St. Giles. Ultimately, the beer flood resulted in eight deaths.
WGeB TIL London has a ‘Cereal Cafe’ where you can eat hundreds of different kinds of cereals from around the world