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TIL The Philippines consists of about 7,640 islands
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TIL the Kansas City Mob used to operate a bar built over the MO-KS state line. When police from one state showed up, they’d simply move everyone to the other side, out of their jurisdiction.
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TIL a 2007 study found that men are more likely than women to believe “women should have the right to breastfeed in public places,” “it is appropriate to show a woman breastfeeding her baby on TV programs,” and “breastfeeding education should be available as part of a high school health education.”
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TIL: The shortest Oscar Speech ever was given by Patty Duke in 1962, who at age 16, the youngest person to accept an Oscar in a competitive category, said “Thank You”, and walked off the stage.
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TIL that It was rumored that the Apple Inc. logo had a bite taken from it to represent the poison apple that computer scientist and mathematician, Alan Turing, allegedly laced with cyanide to kill himself with. The designer has said, it wasn’t, but “It’s a wonderful urban legend.”
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TIL about a YouTube microcommunity of people who have their own VHS video stores built in their basements. Some even have cash registers and candy/popcorn displays.