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TIL that Time Magazine readers voted Anonymous the most influential group out there, barely beating out Reddit.

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nebL7 TIL televangelist Pat Robertson had extensive business with West African warlord Charles Taylor, who "has been found responsible for aiding and abetting as well as planning some of the most heinous and brutal crimes in recorded human history" and sentenced to 50 years for crimes against humanity.
gG0A TIL of British engineer Beatrice Shilling, who designed “Miss Shilling’s Orifice”, a stopper in early Spitfire engines that prevented engines from flooding during barrel rolls (and she raced motorcycles and was altogether pretty bad ass.)
1o6D TIL that Vikings liked to be clean and sported “neat beards and reverse mullets”
4k6Y6 TIL, that France shares its largest border with Brazil
yRdw TIL Shakespeare invented the name Jessica for the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’