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TIL the name "Iraq" is though to have derived from the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk - one of humanity's first known cities.

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LQGlZ TIL the word “Seoul”, the name of South Korea’s capital, is an old Korean word meaning “capital city”.
0E6N TIL Before he became an actor, Vin Diesel once worked as a telemarketer selling light bulbs and mechanics tools. Doing that he managed to raise almost $50,000 and made his first feature “Stray” (1997).
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9EA7 TIL the British government has a position called “Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office” that can only be given to a cat