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TIL Playboy’s circulation reached its peak at 7 million in 1972, down to about 1.5 million today

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LEvZ TIL that a Turkish cell phone mis-rendered a text message, making it look as though a husband was accusing his wife of cheating on him. This caused a fight in which the wife was stabbed and subsequently died. The husband later killed himself in prison.
9wyKp TIL Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, based off the prequel trilogy, released over a month before the third and final movie of the prequels, Revenge of the Sith, with a level based on clones disguised as jedi being based off an earlier script. This spoiled the film ending, although only in Lego grunts
16VpV TIL citizens in North Queensland, Australia hold an annual "Toad Day Out" every March 29 where thousands of cane toads are captured and humanely destroyed inspired by the "Whacking Day" episode of The Simpsons.
rX9o TIL Louisiana is the only US state to base its legal system from French law crafted by Napoleon. Louisiana Law students may choose to study either American Law, or Louisiana Civil Code.
mxBvR TIL That when astronomers discovered a rare type of comet doesn't produce a "tail" when close to the sun they named them "Manx Comets", after the Manx breed of tailless cats