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TIL that the 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks carried out by Mossad was nicknamed Operation Grim Beeper

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nW8GP TIL that Billy Zane's wife and sister are both named Lisa.
1vpP TIL there is a shrine in Indonesia where once every 35 days, devout Muslims visit, to commit adultery with strangers in the belief it will bring them good luck.
ZAQ TIL that the song “Why can’t we be Friends?” was played in space when Soviet cosmonauts and U.S. astronauts joined together in 1975 for the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
GAgaG TIL 250 miles north of San Francisco is California’s “Lost Coast”. There is almost 100 miles of mountainous, remote and nearly inaccessible coastline owned by the Federal Government.
BrrBb TIL of film director "Uwe Boll", who challenged the five harshest critics of his films, to boxing matches. He fought and won against all five critics (video of fights in comments). Boll's invitations were also open to film directors Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary.