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TIL There’s 3 different cities named Murfreesboro.

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Z8NyD TIL that a German Court has set a precedent ordering a man to delete all nude pictures of his ex partner, even though these pictures had been taken consensually during their relationship.
EgVl0 TIL that only one actor has been in 2 out of the 3 films that have won 11 Oscars: Bernard Hill, who played Captain Edward Smith in Titanic (1997) and Theoden, King of Rohan in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). No one is 3 for 3, either, as the third film is Ben-Hur (1959).
P1XKG TIL that in 1524, the letter “J” was the last to be added to the English alphabet; before that, “I” was used for both sounds.
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