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TIL The Great Wall of China isn’t really visible from space - it’s just a myth.

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RwGw TIL a man once set up a TV station to combat negative stereotypes about Muslims, only to then go ahead and behead his wife.
9AAG TIL In 1965, Bob Dylan said that if he ever sold out to a commercial interest, it would be “ladies garments.” In 2007, he and his music appeared in a Victoria’s Secret commercial.
xQd7 TIL Inmates of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. can get free laser tattoo removal, e.g., gang sign tattoos they want to break from. Over 2,200 inmates have had tattoos removed; the removal incurs no cost to the public, paid for in part by the charity Homeboy Industries.
0wVxA TIL The computer coding language "Python" was named after the comedy troupe Monty Python
epeb5 TIL the second highest scoring fighter ace with 301 kills, Gerhard Barkhorn, crashed a prototype British Harrier jet fighter in 1965. When being helped from the wreckage he is said to have commented, "Drei hundert und zwei [302]!"