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TIL that Peter Thiel paid Hulk Hogan more than $10m to take down gawker

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DQM4g TIL that prolonged exposure to bird droppings or feathers can cause Bird Fancier’s Lung, an inflammatory condition marked by shortness of breath, fever, dry cough, chest pain, anorexia and weight loss, fatigue, and progressive pulmonary fibrosis.
RQe8 TIL Nowhere in the Bible does it say that exactly three magi came to visit the baby Jesus, nor that they were kings, or rode on camels, or that their names were Casper, Melchior, and Balthazar.
xVZNB TIL two generations of the car sold in most non-Japanese markets as Suzuki Alto weren't the actual Japanese Suzuki Alto, but instead rebadged versions of Indian Maruti cars.
v4d7 TIL When Japanese WWII soldier Hiroo Onoda heard of Japan’s surrender, he thought it was Allied propaganda. He and his unit stayed in the mountains, killing 30 Filipinos and engaging the police in several shootouts. He finally surrendered in 1974, 29 years after the war ended.
pYwBO TIL The expiration dates on plastic water bottles is for the plastic bottles not the water.