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TIL that in 2006 the Iranian Government sued an English art gallery seeking the return of 18 ancient jars, bowls and cups

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gJlb TIL the Dung Beetle is the only known insect that uses the Milky Way as a reference to moving in a straight line despite not being able to see individual stars. Scientists initially thought they were using the moon, however, they still moved in a straight line on moonless nights.
e0Jv4 TIL for his role in liberating the Jews of Babylon and allowing them to rebuild in Zion, Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire, is the only non-Jewish person in the Bible/Torah to be described as a messiah.
NXV5J TIL that in 2016, a top Argentinian polo player won a prestigious tournament using six horses, all of which were clones of the same horse, his champion mare, Cuartetera.
eBmb TIL King Jong-nam, Kim Jong Un’s older brother, was deported in 2001 trying to enter Japan to visit Disneyland on a fake Dominican passport, falling out of his father’s favor as the next leader
Bgawd TIL about jurist David S. Terry, who killed his former friend, Senator David Broderick in a duel, and 30 years later attacked his successor as Chief Justice of California, Stephen J. Field, who was on the Supreme Court.