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TIL: Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery

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GY7Oj TIL: The letters Q, W and X were illegal in Turkey for 85 years until 2013 because the letters were associated with the Kurdic language. Enforcement wasn't that strict for Western companies (like Xerox), but in 2005 a group of Kurds was fined 100 lira for holding up signs with the letters
kO0X7 TIL Race car driver Niki Lauda was born into a wealthy Austrian family but cut off contact because they did not support his career. Without their support he ended up having to go into debt to continue driving... but ended up becoming one of the most successful F1 drivers in history
G64 TIL that Christopher Lloyd was only 47 when he played the role of Doc Brown.
NYdE TIL July 2nd is the exact middle of a non leap year, 182 days both before and after today.
oBWL TIL there was a prehistoric whale that hunted other whales.