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TIL I learned that free internet porn is largely the work of Fabian Thylmann who bought the sites and changed the business model from fee based to ad based revenue.

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JYB4l TIL Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight title and faced a five-year prison term, at the height of the Vietnam War for refusing to fight. "I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong, they never called me n****r."
7ZJ7 TIL, FBI ordered the Alien Property Custodian to seize all of Tesla’s belongings, even though Tesla was an American citizen.
Lrd0 TIL Christopher Lee holds world records for tallest actor in a leading role, most films with a sword fight by an actor, oldest video game voice actor, and formerly, most connected living actor, and most screen credits for a living actor.
oBMR TIL that Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s tyrannical leader, has been appointed UN ambassador for tourism despite being accused of ethnic cleansing, vote rigging and being unable to leave Zimbabwe due to a travel ban.
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