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TIL that Slovakia and Slovenia are mistakenly thought to be each other so often they meet once a month to exchange wrongly adressed mail

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vPKGr TIL about the punk rock dentist, Dr. Bob, who has performed free dentistry on punk bands visiting Alberta for decades.
XE0JR TIL of the Carlisle Indians who pioneered many trick plays still used in football. They were so successful that the NCAA spent off-seasons creating rules to prevent their trickery. Famous names associated with the team include Jim Thorpe & Pop Warner.
e019b TIL an outlaw isn't just someone who breaks the law, but is a punishment given to someone where the law no longer protects you. If someone wants to rob, beat, or kill you, they absolutely can with no repercussions from the law as an outlaw is now someone "outside of the law."
mxDYO TIL that "We'll meet again", the song from the final scene of Dr Strangelove, would have also been used by the BBC Radio for "morale-boosting" in the aftermath of a nuclear war.
4xGJ TIL that in 2012, a blind woman wrote a book on a notepad with rubberbands wrapped around to indicate lines. Her son read chapters back to her for edits then sent them to typesetters. Once, she gave her son 26 blank pages because the pen lost ink and police helped reform it in a five-month effort.