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TIL many people supported countries boycotting the 2008 Olympics over China's human rights abuses in Tibet, but such boycotts never ended up happening

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Y7JrB TIL that in Ireland in 1985, people across the country claimed to have seen statues of the Virgin Mary and imagery of other holy figures spontaneously moving. The Catholic Church was skeptical and wrote it off as illusions.
9lG6 TIL that a recently published study out of Spain found that THC seems to target and kill some forms of human brain cancer.
jMAX TIL the chlorine “smell” in pools is due to the chemical’s reaction with impurities…like poop….
mZwE TIL that all Royal Navy vessels wishing to enter The Port of London are still required to give a gift of a barrel of rum or wine to Constable of the Tower of London upon entry.
d8M7 TIL that William H. Macy has been widely rumoured to own a large collection of boomerangs. Macy denies this and has no idea how the rumour was started.