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TIL Staines a town in England changed their name to Staines-upon-Thames due to the associaton with Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy character Ali G

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EgoPx TIL Karl Kruszelnicki's mother managed to escape Auschwitz during a shortage of Zyklon B.
V1ZZ TIL that in June 2012, the U.S. town of Boring, Oregon accepted the proposal of Dull, Scotland to “pair” their municipalities, in an effort to promote tourism in both places as a play on their names
W7RNL TIL about Cargo Cult, example being the Melanesian islanders during WWII in pacific theater. Once American and Japanese presence withdrawn in attempts to get cargo to fall by parachute or land in planes or ships again, islanders imitated the same practices they had seen the military personnel!
4kOYa TIL the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the richest church, valued at over $100 billion
xQd7 TIL Inmates of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. can get free laser tattoo removal, e.g., gang sign tattoos they want to break from. Over 2,200 inmates have had tattoos removed; the removal incurs no cost to the public, paid for in part by the charity Homeboy Industries.