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TIL that a former mayor of Toledo once suggested selling houses near the airport to deaf people.

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9JOM TIL the opening scene from The Exorcist was shot in the ancient ruins of Hatra in Iraq. These were the same ruins the terrorist group ISIL destroyed in february 2015
VoRQ TIL a Moon-sized diamond was found in space, and it has been dubbed “Lucy” in reference to the Beatles’ song, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.
yk0v TIL (Monty Python member) Graham Chapman’s last words were “Sorry for saying fuck”
xVdrD TIL Bob Marley’s dad was a white British naval captain who impregnated local teenagers, and one of them was the mother of the legendary Bob Marley.
B4Ey TIL that the oldest person ever to live made a deal with a 47 year old lawyer at age 90; he would pay her 2500 francs per month in return for her apartment when she died. He paid more than double the apartment’s worth, and ended up dying two years before her.