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TIL sanitation rated the greatest medical advance in 150 years

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xVbYB TIL that the FBI spent years investigating an anti-goth club that didn’t even exist. After a worried goth contacted the FBI, the Bureau launched an official investigation which lasted over 2 years before they realised the whole thing was a joke.
yY4w TIL that if Louisiana was its own country, it would have the highest incarceration rate in the world.
8ogK TIL Steven Spielberg included a special opening for his movie “Lincoln” for Japanese audiences so those who were unaware of Lincoln’s significance in American history would have a better understanding.
polA TIL tech companies often test new products in New Zealand because they’re an ethnically diverse, tech-savvy, and English-speaking nation, yet still relatively isolated. If a product is a flop there, news is unlikely to spread quickly to the rest of the world and damage a company’s reputation.
v1bpx TIL A member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was denied the right to wear a colander in ID photos in Holland. Pastafarianism is considered a 'satire' and not a 'serious faith.'