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TIL that under the Taliban’s rule, Afghan Sikhs were forced to wear yellow patches on their clothing to identify them.

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BGXr TIL of Jin Ling cigarettes, a brand of cigarettes that is never legally sold and is designed explicitly for smuggling and cigarette tax evasion.
OonK1 TIL that the ‘B’ on Auschwitz I’s “arbeit macht frei” sign was placed upside down as a symbol of resistance by the prisoners who were forced to create it. This act went undiscovered by the SS. The inverted ‘B’ is now a reminder to, “never remain indifferent. Indifference kills.”
4pDa TIL that Myspace was purchased by News Corp for $580 million in 2005 and sold by News Corp for $35 million in 2011
R5LB8 TIL that Woody Harrelson's Father was a Hitman
XE9QR TIL of the "Buddhabrot set", a plot of points that are not in the fractal Mandelbrot set, that under certain plotting settings looks similar to a picture of a sitting Buddha.