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TIL an old Persian curse: Guz bi rishit, “May a fart be on your beard.”

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nee9P TIL Salvador Dali made a painting for Riker’s Island prison in New York, which was eventually moved away from inmates, only to be stolen by guards.
NXEwb TIL - FBI is struggling to hire hackers due to a rule saying they shouldn’t have taken marijuana in the past 3 years.
0waLL TIL: Turkish Garbage Collectors Curate Their Own Library using books they have collected that people have thrown away. The sanitation workers have already amassed a collection of more than 6,000 books.
gw8A TIL a couple were in the process of adopting a 1 yr old intersexed child with both male & female genitalia. While still in foster care, the state allowed a sexual reassignment surgery on the child. They removed his penis & testicles. The child now identifies as male. His parents are suing the state.
e0pDb TIL of Pete Goss, A single handed sailor who sailed two days in hurricane force winds and 30ft waves to rescue another competitor. Nursed him back to health while sailing two weeks to land, then went back to finish the Vendee Globe race.