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TIL that Dubai creates artificial rain regularly using cloud seeding, as natural rain is very rare. People are informed about the rains a day in advance.

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oBRNE TIL that Robert De Niro and Robin Williams were backup choices for Jack Nicholson to play Jack in “The Shining”
5Gkr TIL a boat named the “Eastland” sank three years after the Titanic because of new laws which required more life boats. The boat became too top heavy and sank, killing over 800 people.
NYEP TIL that African buffaloes are reported to gore and kill hundreds of people every year, they are also notorious for ambushing and attacking pursuing hunters, usually after being shot at.
EoaP TIL that CAPTCHA is an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”
DQgAJ TIL that in the late 1800s, religious activist and U.S. Postal Inspector Anthony Comstock destroyed more than 30,000 pounds of books, and influenced Congress to ban the sale of "obscene" books. The resulting law was so broadly applied that some medical textbooks became illegal.