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TIL About Nüshu: China’s secret female-only language

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Vy5G TIL that Rockstar Games hired a private investigator to locate the remaining relatives of one of the members of the Skatt Bros. in Utah in order to obtain license rights to the song “Walk The Night” for use in Grand Theft Auto IV
OGoj7 TIL that the Pope is the head of two separate and distinct sovereign entities. Vatican City, A Sovereign City State, and the Holy See, a sovereign juridical entity that acts as the Universal Catholic Central Government.
LkKov TIL that the Andean condor can fly for over 5 hours without flapping, covering over 170 kilometres in the process.
QAV6 TIL the FBI has the second largest known stash of bitcoins, a whopping 174,000 BTC from the Silk Road seizure.
LyRV TIL that ‘Zippo’ will repair any pocket lighter made by themselves, whether it be 1 year old or 100, for free.