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TIL that the act of throwing someone out of a window is called "Defenestration".

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DZ4D TIL that Namibia auctioned off the rights to kill a rare black rhino for $350,000; the rhino was too old to breed and could’ve endangered other members of the herd.
9wpwD TIL of Peter Bergmann, aka the Irish Somerton man, a mysterious man who was found dead on a beach in Sligo, Ireland in 2009 with no ID, no documentation and no money, who had given a fake name and address at the hotel he was staying. He has never been identified.
xWEk TIL the kings in the 4 card suits supposedly represent great rulers in history. The king of spades is David, king of Israel; the king of clubs is Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia; the king of hearts is the French king Charlemagne; and the king of diamonds is the Roman Caesar Augustus.
LQAdQ TIL that the first instance of rapping with auto-tune is attributed to Eiffel 65 and their song "Too Much of Heaven"
Xxrj TIL that the US has a small piece of land “stuck” in Canada.