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TIL that the Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer. The iron structure expands in the heat, causing the tower to grow slightly taller. This phenomenon is due to the thermal expansion of metals
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CEX are getting more attentions from authorities. There's need for many exchanges to emulate BingX which has not gotten banned from any country. See what happened to OKX in Nigeria.
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TIL a medical procedure known as epispasm, which consisted of both surgical and non-surgical methods, existed in ancient Rome and Greece to restore the foreskin and cover the glans "for the sake of decorum". NSFW
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TIL a medical procedure known as epispasm, which consisted of both surgical and non-surgical methods, existed in ancient Rome and Greece to restore the foreskin and cover the glans "for the sake of decorum". NSFW
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A 15 year old gymnast Adriana Oliva injured her vertebrae in London 2012 Olympics, volunteered in 2016 Rio, picked up Trap shooting, came 26th in Tokyo 2021. She later went on to become the first woman from Guatemala to win Olympic medal in Paris 2024 and clinched gold in trap shooting.
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TIL that in 1963, the CIA created a fake movie production company and attempted to film a movie as a cover to smuggle six American diplomats out of Iran during the hostage crisis. This operation was the basis for the film "Argo."
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TIL that in 1990 a lone frenchman, an unemployed nuclear physicist named André Gardes, attempted to single-handedly invade the Isle of Sark
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TIL that gangster Al Capone was the first manufacturer in the world to include an expiration on milk
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