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TIL A high school janitor stumbled upon a teacher who took nude photos of a student when he found a CD labeled 300 while cleaning his classroom. He thought it was the Zack Snyder film and reported the teacher after finding out the real content on the disk.

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NX4rN TIL the Wampanoag and other tribes of the Eastern United States hold an annual demonstration every Thanksgiving called the Day of Mourning, to raise awareness toward historical and ongoing struggles facing Native American tribes.
0wRNM TIL There is a family in Kentucky that has Blue blood and Blue skin
0wRVp TIL Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, wrote lyrics to the Star Trek theme song so he could be registered as the theme’s lyricist and claim 50% of performance royalties. When asked, Gene said, “Hey, I have to get some money somewhere. I’m sure not gonna get it out of the profits of Star Trek.”
MeEJa TIL, during the great depression construction of New Zealand's govt building was halted resulting in there only being half a building. In the 1980's it was finally extended with a building called the Beehive, which resembles a Beehive.
ADWZx TIL: The oldest bar in the world is in Ireland. Archeological records have found that the walls of Sean’s Bar have been around, and serving, since 900 AD. Further, there are records of every owner of the pub back to its 10th century founding. It opened over 1100 years ago.