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TIL about the complicated border in the village of Baarle, which has 22 Belgian exclaves and seven Dutch enclaves within the Belgian exclaves

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bVaN TIL that the FCC had a rule called the Fairness Doctrine that required News broadcasters to present issues on politics in manner that was honest, equitable, and balanced. It was eliminated in 1987.
bRb7 TIL of Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer during WWII who volunteered to go to Auschwitz to document the genocide and fought in the Warsaw Uprising only to be executed by the Soviets
VBgDZ TIL it’s not a grain of sand that creates a pearl in an oyster, but rather a parasite
kJ7ng TIL that the now common white variant of the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus is only about a century old and was serendipitously discovered in a Pennsylvania farm.
yQGDl TIL that Martha MacIsaac (Becca in Superbad) and Emma Stone became best friends while shooting Superbad to the point they lived together for years after filming ended