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TIL Christian saint Josaphat is a Christianized version of the story of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha.

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P1p5O TIL: Telecommunication companies participate in each countries' "spectrum auction" in which they bid on the right to use specific bands of the electromagnetic spectrum for a time period. In the US, the FCC has raised over $60 billion from the bids so far.
4krl5 TIL that there are four unratified amendments to the Constitution that are still technically "pending" approval by the states. Dating back to 1789, they deal with subjects like banning child labor, stripping citizenship from anyone who accepts a title of nobility, and permanently legalizing slavery.
e0mjk TIL that in November 2000, Japan passed their first anti-stalking law after a 21 year old student was murdered by her stalker the previous year. She had been turned away multiple times by the police who denied and falsely portrayed her as a promiscuous flirt on the media.
d5WK TIL that Andrew Jackson’s parrot had to be removed from his funeral because it kept screaming profanities during the service.
v1vXj TIL The discovery of dinosaurs did not occur until 1820, when Dr. Gideon Mantell, living on the South shore of Sussex picked up a strange tooth in a sandstone, captivating artists, writers and filmmakers ever since.