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TIL Taylor Swift used facial recognition at a concert in 2018 to identify known stalkers. The photos were taken at a rehearsal clip photo booth and transmitted to s control center for processing, without the fans knowledge

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Wl8B TIL an orangutan named Pony was used as a sex slave in a village in Borneo. She would automatically ‘assume the position’ whenever a man neared her. It took over a year for authorities to free her because she was a favorite of the locals who fought against her release.
6e0w TIL that Don King has murdered two people. The first was ruled “justifiable homicide” and the other was pardoned completely.
DQdrV TIL Nero the fifth emperor of Rome, kicked his pregnant wife, Poppaea Sabina, to death. He then found a lookalike of her, a young boy, castrated him and tried to make him his wife.
8ZmX TIL in 1988, a retired police officer found Cyril Smith, British MP with 144 accusations of child molestation and abuse, in a home with a sex offender and two drunk teenage boys. He was threatened to be prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act. Nothing happened.
Ral6 TIL - There are blowjob bars in japan, interview with one of the workers