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TIL about the song Kill the Boer that was used by by anti-Apartheid activists.

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Rld9 TIL that scam emails deliberately use improper grammar and punctuation to filter out people who aren’t gullible enough
xd8o TIL that to circumvent US laws banning the export of cryptography software as “ammunition”, PGP inventor Phill Zimmermann published the entire sourcecode in a hardcover book. The export of books is fully legal.
bayE TiL that Agriculutral Engineeres and Optimetrists have lower divorce rates than members of the Clergy
Wkr4N TIL Subway’s iconic “Five Dollar Footlong” was birthed in two little Subways inside of the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
b9Gb7 TIL that 75 percent of all silent films ever made are estimated to be completely lost, as well as half of all films made from 1927 to 1950