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TIL that fortune telling for monetary compensation is illegal in the state of Pennsylvania.

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dbwB TIL the CIA rigged the 1958 Nobel Prize selection for literature by buying thousands of copies of “Doctor Zhivago” in Europe. The CIA also printed pocket copies of the book and distributed them to Soviet tourists in the West.
69bLJ TIL that in 1971, three off-duty teenage British soldiers were lured from a Belfast pub and executed by the IRA. The outrage led to protests, a political crisis, and the UK raising the army deployment age to 18.
ANme7 TIL of birds that use heat from active volcanoes to incubate their eggs. Maleo is a critically endangered bird endemic to Sulawesi Island.
1aKOD TIL that belly button lint forms because your hairs point toward your navel, and breathing causes your shirt to move up and down, transporting loose clothing fibers forward along those hairs, but not backward.
ZpY0v TIL "Pizza Hut Classic" restaurants exist. They utilize legacy logos, red roofs and booths, classic lamps, and feature Pizza Hut Pete on the door. They are officially endorsed by co-founder Dan Carney.