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TIL that the do-not-call list does not work anymore; which has allowed massive robocalls to happen

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rNE4o TIL radiohead was originally supposed to do the fight club soundtrack but turned it down after being exhausted from their 3rd album “ok computer”
ADxln TIL that Berkeley's football stadium lies directly on a fault line and into a mountain, causing its walls to visibly separate due to tectonic shifts.
eyr4 TIL King Togbe Ngoryifia Bansah has ruled the GBI Traditional Area of the Ghana Volta Region from his home in Germany since 1992 when he got the crown following his grandfather’s death (as his left-handed father was not a rightful heir). He rules by phone, fax, and e-mail.
yMpX TIL Canadian written, Anne of Green Gables, has been in Japan’s school curriculum since 1952 and every year, many Japanese tourists travel to the province of Prince Edward Island, to visit the Green Gable farmhouse.
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