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TIL that actress Rose McGowan was born into and escaped the cult, Children of God

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7r40L TIL that a short stretch of highway in Arizona counts off exit numbers, road signs and markers in kilometers due to a push in the 80's to convert the country's measurement system to metric.
nW9Wb TIL that in 2011, the country of Norway ran out of butter. As a result, prices soared and butter was smuggled illegally into the country.
WkyG9 TIL Ed Sheeran has a very short attention span, so his producer Johnny McDaid would bring a suitcase full of Lego for Ed to play with while he would mix tracks.
9wAPD TIL that surveillance and assessment mechanisms are often unobtrusively woven into video games, allowing companies to build detailed profiles of the people playing the game. Researchers say the level of privacy intrusion is comparable to dating apps and social media platforms.
m1mxO TIL that the United States Secretary of War John Armstrong Jr, was so completely sure that Britain would not take Washington during the War of 1812, that he didn’t even try to stop them, when they did.