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TIL that Angel Falls in Venezuela, the largest waterfalls in the world, is named after an American called Jimmie Angel

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wPn8 TIL that actor Paul Marcarelli - the Verizon Wireless “Can you hear me now?” guy - told “The Atlantic” magazine that the catchphrase plagues him so much that someone even said it to him at his grandmother’s funeral as her casket was being lowered into the cemetery plot.
nemMo TIL Grave robbers target confederate soldiers in the United States. Items can be sold at high prices to antique collectors. Button from confederate uniform ($150); full uniforms and medals ($500+); swords used by generals ($20,000+).
xABg TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses teach their followers that a woman has to scream for help if she is being attacked by a rapist or she is considered guilty of “fornication”. This applies even if the rapist threatens to kill her if she screams.
PaEe TIL a team of Italian scientists have mathematically demonstrated that companies would be more efficient if they promoted their employees at random.
lmD5 TIL: that the Foley sound effect for automatic doors in Star Wars was created by sliding a piece of paper out of an envelope