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TIL the Letters Q, W, and X were ince illegal in Turkey

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AOoo TIL if you pause a YouTube video, click outside the frame and type ‘1980’, you will be forced to fight off missiles!
N7vBP TIL that drachma (ancient Greek currency) was used in Greece for over 3,000 years from approximately 1100 BC until it was replaced in 2001 by the euro
x6AvD TIL that despite repeated attempts to uncover one, there was not a single documented instance of an anti-Vietnam War protester spitting on a returning soldier
gMYgX TIL that Guinness World Records accepts payments (ranging from $12,000 to $500,000) from individuals, organizations and governments to either find a record that they could break or to create an entirely new record category
9vBX TIL necrophilia is still legal in Louisiana, although the debate is still up in the air about the right to have oral and anal sex