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TIL that the US publishes a quarterly list of names of people who renounced citizenship to "shame or embarrass" them

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wJA7 TIL out of the top 10 most pirated E-books, Jan 2013, three were about sex tips and three were Photoshop guides.
XEbVj TIL in 1970, dynamite was used in a failed attempt to disintegrate a whale carcass on the Oregon coast. After detonation, most of the carcass remained on the beach, and the remainder flew into cars and people near the beach.
VJJ0 Today I learned that scientists proved in a study that the bond between people and their dogs is similar to the way people bond with their children, which explains the deep attachments formed to pets.
R7xwl TIL that the only Local Post Office (non US Government Run) in America was located on Rattlesnake Island in Ohio
j6y9v TIL the fastest ball ever bowled in cricket was 161.3km/h or 100.2mph by Shoaib Akhtar against England during the Cricket World Cup, 2003