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TIL after thinking Johhny Cash covering his song ‘hurt’ was a bit “gimmicky”, Trent Reznor heard it and said “tears welling, silence, goose-bumps… that song isn’t mine anymore”

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yVVMl TIL a bankrupted con-artist from Oregon was able to purchase a bank license and opened a offshore bank in Grenada by claiming to own a 4 pound ruby worth $20 million dollars and a appraisal document proving its worth. The ruby was owned by a man in California who didn't know the scammer.
rBd4 TIL The Queen of England owns a collection of Islands known as the British Indian Ocean Territories. There are no elections and the heads of state are chosen by the Queen.
NQpb TIL that there are more current members of the United States Senate that were born before World War 2 started (11) than were born after the first Moon landing (6)
9w557 TIL most animals can see UV light — humans being blind to it is the exception not the rule.
YkDv TIL that when they reach a certain elevation, French mountain climbers switch from the formal “vous” to the personal “tu” form of “you”, as all become equal in the face of the enormousness of nature.