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TIL after being selected to have a star on the walk of fame, there’s a $30,000 fee if you actually want it.

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gMYp9 TIL that online privacy has been revoked by the government before the internet using the third party principle in a precedent from 1976
5O5Q TIL that when the pope used to be elected, he would sit in a chair with a hole cut into it with his balls dangling from it. A young cardinal would then fondle them and declare “He has two balls, and they are well hung.” This was to ensure the pope was not a woman in disguise
daZ7 TIL India is launching its mass electronic surveillance program in 2014. It will give 9 Indian govt. agencies—incl. the tax dept—the power to access, in real-time, phone conversations, text, emails, web search data & social media activity WITHOUT the approval of the courts or parliament.
PboZ TIL bioluminescence in lightning bugs is nearly 100% efficient.
Z67o TIL Sperm whales are the loudest animals on Earth. Their calls reach up to 230 decibels.