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TIL that during the production of the video-game Deus Ex (released in 2000), the artist forgot to add the twin towers to the New York skyline. The in-game explanation was that it was the result of a terrorist attack.

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JYQQB TIL that the Shaggy defense, AKA "It Wasn't Me", is a real legal strategy often cited in criminal proceedings and legal writing as such.
v1kQB TIL that the first countries to elect females as the head of government were in Asia - Sri Lanka in 1960, India in 1966, and Israel in 1969. The first European country to elect a female head of government was the United Kingdom, in 1979
Jv6k TIL that the Vatican says that followers of Pope Francis on twitter will have less time in Purgatory.
oJPL TIL The Hungarian equivalent of “You can’t have your cake and eat it too” is “It is impossible to ride two horses with one butt”.
JMOl TIL American eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed and British eggs would be illegal in a US supermarket because they are unwashed