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TIL the Las Vegas Strip is located in Paradise

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X8jE TIL that The Catholic Church who formerly denied Heliocentrism, today has its own observatory located just outside Rome. The observatory is fully supported by the Holy See and its staff double as research scientists and Jesuit brothers.
NXYo8 TIL in 1953 US and Britain instigated a coup d'état in Iran which began a period of dissolution for Iranian democracy and society. This eventually led to the Iranian revolution and the creation of an Islamic Republic.
5VlED TIL girls from China's one-child policy era were found with needles in their brains, inserted into their soft skulls as infants by family members who wanted boys instead of girls
jPav TIL the voice of Lilo in Lilo & Stitch is also the girl from the video tape in The Ring.
7rL1r TIL Soy sauces contain around 2% alcohol