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TIL that in 1880 barbed wire telephone lines brought isolated U.S. homesteaders together

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OvrX TIL that they used rescue dog as ball catchers in the 2016 Brazil Open
gMKW7 TIL three "spec scripts" -- an unsolicited screenplay written in hopes it will be eventually purchased by a film studio -- have gone on to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay: Thelma & Louise (1990), Good Will Hunting (1994), and American Beauty (1998).
vGAx TIL breast ironing is a thing they do - in Cameroon. Mothers who do it believe it decreases the likelihood of their daughters being raped.
XEoPE TIL: One of the things that initiated the downfall of Harvard educated money launderer Franklin Jurado was his neighbor in Luxembourg filing a noise complaint against him, because Jurado had a money-counting machine running all night
x8A0 TIL the government of Germany does not recognize Scientology as a religion. Scientology has been labelled officially as a ‘abusive business masquerading as a religion’.