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TIL that places that end in -stan mean "places of" in Persian

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0KbN TIL, due to homosexuality being depicted in American Me, the Mexican Mafia retaliated by murdering three of the movie’s consultants
WkmxB TIL - Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
7rYEL TIL More than 1 million Holocaust victims remain unidentified
x6E5 TIL Stephen King is writing a sequel to “The Shining,” called “Doctor Sleep,” set to be published in 2013.
78p8b TIL there was a cold snap called the Great Blue Norther on 11/11/1911 where many Midwestern cities recorded record high and low temperatures within a two day span. There were also at least a dozen tornadoes.