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TIL Costa Rica don't have military

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XErOR TIL of Radivoke Lajic, a man in Bosnia whose house has been hit by meteorites 6 times. He thinks aliens are targeting him.
X04wP TIL that all financial interests (including gifts and donations) for UK Members of Parliament are recorded and open to the public along with the person or business making the donation.
oRYMY TIL Diamond Jim Brady had over 2 million dollars in jewelry, equivalent to over $73 million today
Nm4b TIL after an Indian king was insulted for his ethnicity by an employee while visiting a Rolls-Royce showroom in London he ordered that 6 luxury cars be bought and sent back to India to be used as garbage collectors throughout the city, damaging Rolls-Royce’s reputation and profits.
ebWg TIL that when the first phone book was published in 1878, it was just a list of people who owned telephones, with no numbers provided