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TIL about Bir Tawil, the only place on Earth that is habitable but is not claimed by any recognised government.

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e01MJ TIL Joe Jamail was a billionaire Texas attorney, infamous in legal circles for his aggressive nature and colorful vulgarities (i.e. "you could gag a maggot off a meat-wagon"). He earned internet notoriety for a deposition video where he tried to fight the opposing counsel and the witness.
65wZ TIL the Qibya massacre, occurred in October 1953 when Israeli troops under Ariel Sharon attacked the village of Qibya in the West Bank. Sixty-nine Palestinian Arabs, two-thirds of them women and children, were killed. Forty-five houses, a school, and a mosque were destroyed.
jNnyQ TIL that while most tinnitus is psychosomatic, there are rare types called objective tinnitus in which the ear canal is producing a noise that can be heard by a third party. This type is often curable.
kOG4W TIL in the early 70s Chrysler would produce unordered cars and store them at the "sales bank". The company then coerced the dealers into buying these cars under threat of such actions as not processing warranty claims or misplacing custom orders.
VMy1m TIL an AI generated portrait was sold for $432,500 at Christie's auction house in New York