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TIL the president of India is female.
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TIL Hornussen is a indigenous Swiss sport. It's named after the "Hornuss" (Hornet) puck, which buzzes at speeds up to 300 km/h. First recorded in Bern 1625, in a complaint about the breaking of Sabbath. Two men were fined the sum of 20 francs for playing Hornussen on Sunday.
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TIL Iran punishes acid-attackers by blinding them with acid.
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TIL Texas is the only state with it's own power grid, the Texas Interconnected System, which is therefore not subject to federal interstate regulations
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TIL of Ken Peters, a SeaWorld trainer who was attacked near the end of a show in 2006. For about 10 minutes the whale repeatedly submerged him to the bottom of the tank. He stayed calm during the entire ordeal and used his training to calm it enough to be let go. He still works at the same SeaWorld.
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TIL the 1998 World Cup draw was rigged