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TIL of Pheasant Island in the Bidasoa River on the French-Spanish border. For over 350 years, the island has spent 6 months being a part of Spain and 6 months being a part of France.

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X0ZnD TIL that summertime Atari Computer Camps were were located at colleges and school campuses. Young people between the ages of 10-18 could enroll and learn on Atari 400 and Atari 800 computers as well as take part in various sports, crafts, and activities and sleep in residence halls.
xRyw TIL in 2004, when asked about how he got the emails, addresses and pictures of so many people using Facebook Mark Zuckerburg replied “People just submitted it. I don’t know why. They "trust me”. Dumb f**ks.“
9YKZX TIL that for a 2014 study, psychologists hung out in public bathroom stalls and watched under the door to see how long men and women spent washing their hands
yVW7V TIL that the Memphis Grizzlies’ first arena is a giant pyramid. After they moved out, Bass Pro Shop bought it and turned it into a superstore.
9QQG TIL That after Jimi Hendrix had played with Eric Clapton, Eric was stunned and the whole crowed was silences. As Clapton quoted “You never told me he was that f–king good!”