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TIL Sweden warrantlessly wiretaps all telephone and internet traffic that crosses its border

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E18Ep TIL That Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle were friends for many years, but grew apart due to a bitter feud over spiritualism. Doyle believed fervently in life after death due to the passing of his son, but when Houdini started a public campaign to expose fake mediums, they broke up.
yQW6e TIL Yoko Ono, Nina Simone, Quincy Jones, Willie Nelson, Carol Burnett, James Brown, Joan Rivers, Gene Wilder, Julie Newmar, Roman Polanski, Conway Twitty, Larry King, and Emperor Akihito were all the same age, born in 1933.
vPGbB TIL Stenographers (courtroom typists) don't use QWERTY keyboards. They use a specialized device called a Stenotype that inputs words in phonetic shorthand rather than letter by letter. Skilled stenographers can type over 300 words per minute.
9PMQ TIL Jews are stereotyped as “cheap” because in the Middle Ages the Catholic Church forbade Christians to lend money with interest and Jews were legally restricted to certain occupations, so many Jews became “Money Lenders” and were subsequently labeled as greedy and money-mad.
GQMG TIL that making references to the Bible,the Constitution,and US Supreme court decisions, are indicators you may be part of a domestic terrorist movement.