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TIL having no friends can be just as deadly as smoking.

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8eQnK TIL about a man named Herostratus who burned down the second Temple of Artemis at Epheseus in 356 BC to become famous. He was tortured and executed for it, and authorities in the region made mentioning his name punishable by death.
AD4po TIL that according to the FCC, as of 2018, there are still 100,000 pay phones left in the United States.
bwaZ TIL that Scientology staff are required to salute the dogs of leader David Miscavige as they pass by.
R7oVl TIL as recently as the 1920s, Southern California was home to massive grizzly bears sometimes exceeding 2000 lbs. They were equaled in size only by the Kodiak bears of Alaska.
OG5NR TIL There are fewer than nine Comanche speakers alive