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TIL you need a license to play golf in Belgium and The Netherlands

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W7gwL TIL one of the medical technicians in The Exorcist's infamous cerebral angiography scene went on to become a convicted murderer
4xZN TIL Phones have an asterisk and pound sign because when Bell Labs designed the first touch-tone phone, their system had two tones which were not assigned values. So, they threw in * and #.
J1Y5Q TIL about Jon Lech Johansen, a self-trained software engineer who created software that decoded DVD copy protection. Johansen defended himself against computer hacking charges, arguing he didn't access anyone else's information: he owned the DVDs. He was acquitted in 2003.
NX77P TIL Osama Bin Laden was an anime fan and played pirated Naruto games
8yvZ TIL That A Trillion-Meal Study, The Largest Ever Of Its Kind, Has Shown Genetically Modified Crops To Be 100% Safe & Just As Nutritious As Non-Modified Crops