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TIL there’s a foundation that takes unwanted and lost diaries.

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wLDDM TIL that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is married to a member of the British aristocracy. His wife, Joanna, is the youngest daughter of John Hare, also known as the 1st Viscount Blakenham.
dD0JQ TIL there are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe. The exact number of possible iterations is estimated to be around 10^120, while the estimated number of atoms in the observable universe is around 10^80
W7jKX TIL that women's restrooms have a little trash can in each stall so that people don't flush feminine products and clog up the toilets
rNOv1 TIL Brad Pitt became persona non grata (a foreign person whose entering or remaining in a particular country is prohibited by that country's government), in the People's Republic of China after he appeared in the 1997 film Seven Years in Tibet.
BOlL TIL: a man spent two years in solitary confinement without ever being charged…