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TIL the youngest Olympic athlete in Rio ‘16 was born in 2002

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BrYPr TIL that the 1989 rap album: As Nasty As They Wanna Be, resulted in a court case where the federal government wanted to censor the music on the album due to its obscenity, had they won, the precedent set would have made Hip-Hop artists lose the right to their freedom of speech.
nWjLr TIL that Iceland Armed Forces only consist of the Coast Guard. Other branches, like air defence and special force units, are all under the Coast Guard
nWgeG TIL even though there are some ecological concerns about their numbers, hogsuckers are abundant and widely distributed to southern Canada and much of the eastern and southern United States
v1YVR TIL Lucy Punch, also known as Esme Squalor from A Series of Unfortunate Events, has played an evil stepsister in no fewer than four different versions of Cinderella
4jxo TIL the inverted cross is not a satanic symbol.It is the cross of St.Peter. It is believed that he requested this form of crucifixion as he felt he was unworthy to be crucified in the same manner that Jesus died.