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TIL former Supreme Court Justice David Souter moved from a house because its structure was not sufficiently strong to hold all his books.

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PoVG TIL Joyce Brothers became famous in the 1950’s for becoming the first woman to win the game show The $64,000 Question, despite the fact that the show’s producers did not want her to win and deliberately gave her questions perceived to be beyond her ability, which she answered correctly anyway
kO6og TIL in the 1800’s thousands of pigs roamed the streets of NYC, providing the only source of sanitation-eating trash/waste. Children were attacked, pigs held up traffic,carriages fell over. Pigs eventually outnumbered humans-leading to disease and political unrest between upper/lower classes.
OGoj6 TIL about the "Moranbong band", the first all-girls DPRK-Pop band of North Korea, formed by the state, as a response to the success of South Korean music all over the world.
n0lG TIL in Pakistan and India smoking scorpions to get high is a growing trend. The high lasts about 10 hours, with the first 6 being quite painful. Addicts of scorpion smoking describe it as more addictive than heroin, saying the hallucinations make “Everything appears like it is dancing.”
mxekM TIL that Poland declared a full on War on the USSR in 1920 and Won