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TIL that Azerbaijan destroyed medieval Armenian graves in what has been referred to as 'cultural genocide'

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xVe8k TIL that tennis and basketball courts sometimes develop "dead spots" where the ball doesn't bounce
x67oB TIL former president Richard Nixon’s daughter, Julie, is married to the grandson of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower
16bar til: Cruise ships have their own Brig and Morgue as well as a few other surprising amenities.
P1k5w TIL about the Ship of People Incident in which Norman Macleod of the Isle of Skye kidnapped young men and girls to ship them to America and sell them as indentured servants. When the people were discovered, Norman Macleod claimed that he was shipping off convicts, a practice which was legal.
8erNV TIL, despite the band’s enduring popularity, Nirvana never had a #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100.