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TIL that Ben Stiller is in talks to play Jack Torrance in a stage production of The Shining.

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XENJ8 TIL that the Icelandic government banned the stationing of black American soldiers in Iceland during the Cold War so as to "protect Icelandic women and preserve a homogenous national body". After pressure from the US military, the ban was eventually lifted in the late 1960s.
MeYDA TIL the remains of an 18th century ship originating from Philadelphia was found during construction of the new World Trade Center in 2014
kJOR1 TIL of Byron Looper, a Tennessee politician known for both changing his middle name to "(Low Tax)" as a vote-winning stunt and, during a Tennessee state senate race, assassinating his opponent. In the election, held a month later, he still received 1,531 votes.
1D8P TIL that the Hindu religion states that science only offers a limited view of reality, but all it offers is right and correct, meaning that the religion by it’s nature cannot contradict science, leading to the the majority of even highly religious Hindus accepting evolution as fact.
xVYvb TIL, there is an Irish Sportswear Company, O'Neills, that is allowed to use the same 3 stripe design as Adidas for products on sale on the island of Ireland. In 1983, Adidas took O’Neills to court for copyright infringement but lost. O'Neills was founded in 1918 with Adidas not founded until 1949.