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TIL TVs were banned in Bhutan until June of 1999

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lo507 TIL about 9-year old Robert Douglas Spedden, who in 1915 was one of the first pedestrians killed by a car. Three years earlier he had survived the Titanic sinking.
jGBR TIL: In the ‘50s, Lee was engaged to Henriette von Rosen, daughter of Count Fritz von Rosen. After hiring private detectives to investigate the actor and demanding references, the Count refused to allow his daughter to marry him unless Lee got the blessing of the King of Sweden. Lee got it.
8aJdX TIL that some ancient sling bullets excavated from the city of Athens, Greece were inscribed with the word "ΔΕΞΑΙ" (dexai), which translates to "catch!"
R7gn7 TIL the Jelly Belly Candy Company was trying to create a pizza flavored jelly bean, but the taste was so bad that flavor was added to the recipe, making vomit flavored jelly beans instead.
GmgN TIL that every Purple Heart medal awarded up to date was originally made during WWII in anticipation of the casualties that US troops would suffer in Japan