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TIL that if you're a communist - or were in the past 10 years - the US prevents you from becoming a citizen

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x69m0 TIL that our phones listen to our convos
9YK4p TIL Pedro Lopez, one of the world's most prolific serial killers who has confessed to over 300 murders, only spent 14 years in jail, absconded on a $50 bail, and remains at large
Bgy7K Today I learned that Hans Christian Andersen based his story "The Emperor's New Clothes" on a folk tale about a king who is tricked by swindlers who claim to have made clothes that can't be seen by any man who isn't the son of the king's presumed father.
XE8PX TIL that, owing to a surge in production at the end of the 19th century, oysters became cheaper than meat, poultry, and fish, making them a popular dish on working class tables in the United States and Europe. This period of mass production is known as the Golden Age of Oysters.
d8m89 TIL of a small (300 inhabitants) polish village where, over the last nine years, only girls have been born: the last boy is born 12 years ago