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TIL cellphones in Japan can’t turn off the shutter noise in order to protect the privacy of people.

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7WBp TIL that in 1996, Charlie Sheen paid $6,537.50 to buy 2,615 tickets to a Major League Baseball game at Anaheim Stadium, hoping to catch a home run ball. Sheen and three of his friends sat alone, 20 rows up, but no home runs were hit that day.
MeBNA TIL that more people in Alabama are college football fans than are religious
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