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TIL that American Express does not allow it’s cardholders to buy online porn, citing the number of charge disputes by it’s members (safe for work link)

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XZDj TIL that Minneapolis named a series of streets after presidents - in the order of their election - to help immigrants prepare for the citizenship exam.
Jjk4 TIL according to Nordic legend a preferred execution method of old, The Blood Eagle, involved opening the victims back, breaking the ribs along the spine to form bloody eagle wings and removing the lungs through the wounds.
wr58 TIL the X-Files episode ‘Home’ which was about a murderous inbred family was based on a story from Charlie Chaplin’s autobiography where a family introduced him to their quadruple amputee son by pulling him out from under a bed after which he “flopp[ed] around” while they sang and danced.
Z8Pov TIL Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury struggled w/drug addiction & mental health issues for years. When he first fought Deontay Wilder in 2018, Fury donated his entire $9 million purse from the fight to charities that specialize in providing housing for recovering alcoholics and addicts
Mw7a TIL a single landfill in Kentucky takes garbage from states all over the East Coast. Originally planned to take 7,000 tons over its lifetime, it now takes 3,500 tons per day