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TIL almost everyone in Movie 43 was manipulated into being involved in it and many tried to get out of it

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05Vj TIL A UK Election candidate who got zero votes demanded a recount because he knew he voted for himself.
xVlZ0 TIL that commercial DNA testing companies such as Ancestry.com and 23AndMe can send your dna profile to the police, keep it for up to ten years or can even share them to others.
GXM5 TIL that one of the most important images in the history of electronic imaging is a digitized Playboy centerfold, from November 1972.
j6XXa TIL about the Morning Glory cloud, a rare meteorological phenomenon. It is a cloud that can be up to 1000 km (620 mi) long and 1-2 km (0.62-1.24 mi) high. The Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia is the only known location where it can be predicted and observed regularly
W7VYY TIL the word "Easter" is derived from Eostre, an English pagan goddess whose festival marked the start of Spring