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TIL that on December 7, 2012, hospital nurse Jacintha Saldanha took her own life, just three days after being deceived by a prank phone call orchestrated by two Australian radio DJs. The call was part of a radio stunt related to Prince William's pregnant wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales.

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yQYQw TIL a law in Utah prevents drinks being poured or mixed in the open and have to be done behind the 'Zion Curtain'
JYopB TiL there's a "Women Only" village in Kenya, Africa called Umoja Village that was created in 1990 as a safe haven for women escaping violence
RoeQ TIL the Fahrenheit system was designed with the freezing point of brine as 0 degrees, 32 degrees as the freezing point of water, and 96 degrees as the temperature of the human body. The difference between 32 and 96 was useful for instrumentation at the time (64 can be bisected 6 times).
epnvg TIL in Louisville, Ky., there is a growing population of freshwater jellyfish. The jellies are native to China and travel around the world, ending up in random and unpredictable locations
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