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TIL that Country Music legend Tex Ritter is the father of John Ritter

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JYXLQ TIL that fingernails on males grow quicker than on females. And that their growth rate is based on finger length.
R7rP9 TIL Somali Pirates at one point had an investment firm. That’s right; you could invest in the Somali Pirates, and receive a cut of their loot if their plunder was successful.
D5WJ TIL that a McDonald’s in Mount Annan, Sydney Austrailia has been playing classical music on purpose to force teenagers off of its premises at late night
1a5eV TIL there is a town in China completely focused on mass-production of oil paintings, where for example a single artist made 400 replicas of the same painting, and Wal-Mart alone orders thousands of paintings each month
PKQG TIL that you can dial 911 in Australia and you still connect to emergency’s 000