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TIL a 240 acre island off the coast of Scotland supplies half the world's curling stones. (Which are actual stones)

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87jG TIL As part of the War on Terror the song “Killing in the Name” was used by military interrogators at Guantánamo Bay as a form of psychological torture. “The fact that music I helped create was used in crimes against humanity sickens me,” noted Tom Morello.
v1VPL TIL A man has named Uzi Nissan has held the rights to Nissan.com for over 20 years despite Nissan Motors attempts to acquire the domain
XEdN6 TIL about Hartmann a philosopher who believed that as intelligent beings, we are obligated to find a way to eliminate suffering, permanently and universally. He believed that it is up to humanity to “annihilate” the universe. It is our duty, he wrote, to “cause the whole kosmos to disappear”
ZpRkD TIL Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specialized, trained homing pigeons.
YpR1P TIL A man spent 12 years in a coma but was completely aware and awake the entire time.