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TIL there is only one gun store in all of Mexico.

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156r TIL there is a patent troll company that claims ownership on WIFI sharing. It has being suing small businesses and hotels for a couple of years.
grO5X TIL the person who has spent the most time on television screens is Carol Hersee. She was the subject of the BBC's test cards between 1967 and 1998. She spent an estimated 70,000 hours on the screen, or about 8 continuous years.
Lke4v TIL in 2018 a 75-year-old British man pooped into a container for six to eight weeks, built a homemade pump, drove 200 miles to his former friend's house and used the pump to spray the poo all over the hallway and stairs through the mailbox.
kJeLg TIL that there is a condition called “bamboo spine” that is a severe arthritic complication in which the vertebrae are literally fused with one another
dDZgB TIL - The highly coveted Akhal-Teke horse was involved in the first war over horses in 104 BC and 102 BC, deemed the "War of the Heavenly Horses", fought between the Chinese Han Dynasty and the Persians. In victory, the prize of “T’ien ma” or Heavenly Horses allowed China to grow a strong cavalry.