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TIL the citizens of Monaco are forbidden from entering the gaming rooms of the Monte Carlo Casino. The casino is for foreigners only.

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p8Qxe TIL That Suzanne Vega's song, "Tom's Diner" was so clear, it was used to refine the MP3 compression algorithm.
rK6y TIL Farming in South Africa if you are white is the most dangerous profession in the world with a murder rate of 99 per 100,000! This is over three times the South African national rate of 31.9/100,000, and nearly six times the rates of Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and Chad.
DQORp TIL: That the chorus of David Bowie's Starman is loosely based on Over The Rainbow from the film The Wizard Of Oz. Alluding to the Starman's extraterrestrial origins (over the rainbow), the octave leap on "Star-man" is identical to that of Judy Garland's "some-where" in Over The Rainbow.
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