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TIL that Nancy Pelosi owns more stock in Comcast than any other member of the House of Representatives.

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w8WW TIL that one of the most famous pubs in Australia is the Young and Jackson Hotel. It is famous for its portrait “Chloe” of a very nude 19 years old girl, which hangs over one of the bars. It was considered scandalous at the time, but still hangs there.
OrKR TIL that the President of Singapore must not be a member of any political party in order to run for office
x6B9g TIL that Mozart wrote a song called "Lick me in the arse".
pYGEe TIL Marquette, Michigan had a prison hockey team in 1953 named The Marquette Pirates who played against the Detroit Red Wings and lost 0-18
N71BP TIL the last blood libel trial (prosecuting a Jew for supposedly slaughtering a Christian child to use their blood in a Jewish ritual) was held in Kiev in 1913. After spending two years in prison awaiting trial, the defendant Mendel Beilis was eventually acquitted.