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TIL prostitutes in Brazil are enrolling in free English classes so they can provide better service for tourists during the World Cup

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b9wn9 TIL Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, was the first person to be “Buried in space”. On April 21, 1997, his ashes were brought to the Canary Islands and loaded aboard the Pegasus-XL and launched out of the rocket.
GOj7 TIL a 4 yo kid named Bobby Dunbar disappeared on a family trip, 8 months later they rescued him and reunited him with his family and they lived happily ever after. Nearly a hundred years later, DNA proved conclusively that the kid they rescued wasn’t Bobby Dunbar.
XXdR TIL Susan G. Komen Foundation gives only 20% of donations to cancer research, successfully sued other charities, and their CEO makes roughly $684,000 a year.
v1Abx TIL all Treasurers of the USA have been women since 1949. Their signatures appear on all paper money.
B9Dx TIL pistol silencers aren’t too silent. They certainly sound nothing like they do in nearly every movie that uses one.