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TIL the fear of palindromes is called aibohphobia

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aZpN TIL that the USSR sent so many scientists and engineers to the gulag prisons that the government set up labs for them. While workers in the ‘Sharashka’ facilities did not have to perform hard labor like other inmates, their work was published under the names of more famous Soviet scientists.
Yv1d TIL Carrie Underwood gives her phone number to the two American Idol finalists every year but never gets called
EXrV TIL that the Dutch government once enforced a tax in new buildings based on their width, which led to the tall and narrow houses throughout the Netherlands.
9wPb7 TIL In Denmark, if you reach the age of 25 and aren't yet married, you get tied to a chair and pelted with cinnamon.
9Yva6 TIL. In 1965, dismissed Beatles drummer Pete Best released an album "Best of the Beatles"; a play on Best's name, leading to disappointment for record buyers who neglected to read the song titles on the front cover and expected a Beatles compilation.