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TIL a man from Ohio bought $650 worth of tickets for the movie “The Interview” hoping to resell them for a higher price was declined a refund from the theater he bought them from after Sony decided to stream the movie online for half the price.

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pD68 TIL that a newspaper posted a poll asking readers if watching Blackfish – a documentary critical of SeaWorld for keeping orcas captive – changed their opinions of SeaWorld. The results were “No.” It was later revealed that 55% of the votes came from a single IP-address … hosted by SeaWorld
5YGB9 TIL that researchers in South Africa encountered seals that forcibly copulated with King Penguins and on one occasion the penguin was killed and devoured as well.
b69p7 TIL President Rutherford B. Hayes remembered in the US mostly for being the first president to lose the popular vote and win the electoral vote, is remembered very fondly in Paraguay for his help in settling a territorial dispute that ensured "its survival as a country"
dDr48 TIL Miley Cyrus was born with supraventricular tachycardia, a condition causing an abnormal resting heart rate.
D1vBJ TIL that green beans are the unripe, young fruit of the same bean plant that gives us kidney beans.