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TIL Bahrain’s government banned Google Earth because it allowed Bahraini citizens to see vast tracts of royal-owned land and palaces next to poor and overcrowded Shi'ite villages

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PRJJ TIL that the Icelandic word for great-grandchild is barnabarnabarn which directly translated means childechildechild
99GB TIL it’s illegal in California to hold a cell phone while driving & that the cell phone must be mounted on the windshield, dashboard, or center console in a manner that doesn’t hinder the driver’s view of road. Also the cell phone must be activated with a single swipe or tap of the driver’s finger.
WkENY TIL Gravity, Forrest Gump, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Inglorious Basterds are some of the movies astronauts can watch on the International Space Station.
e0vRb TIL I learned a woman made bread with the yeast from her own yeast infection
Jbxl TIL of a community of ex-slaves that spoke their native language and carried on their tribal customs and traditions into the 1950s in Alabama.