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TIL the US is seeking a new law requiring foreign institutions to report all assets owned by Americans which has lead to more people renouncing their citizenship in the last quarter of 2013 than the entire years of 2006-2009 combined.

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yEyV TIL A production engineer deleted the original recording of the third verse of “Stan” by Eminem. Eminem messed up on the last three lines, and the engineer accidentally re-recorded over the whole thing because he was high. When confronted by Eminem, his response was “My bad man…you wanna hit this?”
nWmD9 TIL that birds are feathered theropod dinosaurs and constitute the only known living dinosaurs.
rNAYW TIL that gargoyles were meant to scare church-goers, lure pagans, divert water in order to preserve stone walls, and date back to ancient Egypt.
LxjV TIL three of the top four greatest videogames of all time, as ranked in 55 gaming publications, are on the Nintendo 64
YpZ1A TIL that when the very famous mime Jean-Gaspard Duburau (creator of the modern Pierrot) was accused of murder in 1836, hundreds of Parisians came to the courthouse. Not for the trial itself but just to finally hear the voice of the mime.