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TIL that people are being held hostage so that their blood can be regularly drained and sold for profit.

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6EaxJ TIL that the British Library is legally required to obtain a copy of every book published in the UK and Ireland, and also purchases a large percentage of English language books published abroad. This equates to an additional 6 miles of shelving each year.
GeVG TIL the tallest statue in the US is the Statue of Liberty. The second tallest statue in the US is of Pegasus slaying a dragon at a horse track in Florida.
Oopv1 TIL that in 1921, spiritualists Thomas Lynn Bradford and Ruth Doran decided to test whether it was possible to communicate with the dead. Bradford killed himself by sealing his apartment and turning on his gas stove, and planned to appear as a ghost to Doran after his death. He didn't.
QPb9 TIL when Jim Henson died, Disney Imagineers sent a drawing of Mickey Mouse consoling Kermit the Frog to his mourning company.
J1DVl TIL that in the state of Alabama, every biology textbook must contain an insert stating that the evolution is a “controversial theory”.