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TIL the town of “Fucking, Austria” modified their signs in 2005 to be theft resistant

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mmrO TIL in India pre-pubescent girls from lower (untouchable) castes are dedicated to a life of prostitution through a religious sex trade system.
M1Dm TIL that the International Space Station travels at 17,100 mph. In other words, in the time it takes to play The Proclaimers’ “I’m Gonna Be”, the ISS travels exactly 1000 miles, the distance described in the song.
kOOw7 A windowless skyscraper in the heart of New York City may be the secret Manhattan surveillance hub of the US National Security Agency (NSA), The Intercept has reported. The brutalist, 29-storey AT&T Long Lines Building at 33 Thomas Street has sheer concrete walls that could reportedly survive an atomic explosion; inside, documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden suggest is one of the agency’s most important spying centres.
0mnR TIL there are unofficial Wile E. Coyote/Roadrunner rules, such as “No outside force can harm the Coyote” and “The Road Runner must stay on the road”
j6x5j TIL: TNT network has broadcast 12 consecutive runs of A Christmas Story over a 24-hour period every Christmas since 1997.