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TIL that Tom Sawyer author Mark Twain invented the clasps commonly used on women’s bras

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wBVE TIL Two privacy researchers from the University of Texas were able to unmask Netflix users’ political and sexual orientation by taking the “anonymized” movie ratings (released as part of Netflix Prize) and comparing them against non-anonymized movie ratings posted at IMDB.
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eB9J TIL FOX News reporters were fired for telling the truth about Monsanto.
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p5M8 TIL the Red Hand is the symbol of Ulster because according to myth a boat race was held to determine the king - first to touch the shore wins the crown. One potential king saw he was losing, so cut off his hand (covering it red with blood) and threw it on the shore, thus winning the race.