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TIL Some visitors to Jerusalem go psychotic in the same chilling ways: ditching their family to wander the city alone, preaching sermons at holy sites, obsessing over cleanliness, wearing togas, and shouting scripture. Affects all faiths.

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64Xm TIL that due to the fact that only 1 out of 50 subscribers to porn sites are women, some billing companies will automatically flag an account as fraud if a female name was used to register
gMeLy TIL After the US invasion of Kuwait in '91, American fast food restaurants became wildly popular and sprang up all across the country. Kuwait is currently the most obese nation on earth, with bariatric surgery being the most popular elective surgery in the nation.
5ZAn TIL MGMT was offered 1€ after the French UMP party used “Kids” without copyright permission. They settled for 30,000€.
pYRJN TIL among the most endangered species, three reside in Ethiopia, the walia ibex of the Simien Mountains, the mountain nyala (a kind of antelope), and the Simien jackal. All three species are found in the Western & Eastern highlands in numbers ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.
Zpydv TIL that the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang had nothing to do with the sound of the car. Originally named after a powerful laxative, official of the race said no. So, an inocuous name was chosen. The name was slang for a military overnight pass, activities that followed.