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TIL Papa John's was sued for $250+ million for spam texting people in the middle of the night

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6EaMZ TIL that the St. Stephen's Green public park in Dublin, Ireland has a section of garden for the blind, with scented plants that can withstand handling and signs written in Braille.
0wGpM TIL in 2007 Iranians collected 1 million signatures in favor of equal rights for women, but almost all of the organizers (including Nasrin Sotudeh) were arrested by the government
lajA TIL Harrison Ford was paid $10,000 for Star Wars: A New Hope; he was paid over $23,643,200 for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
wN17 TIL the Hopi Nation boys cross country team has won 25 straight state titles using the same sacred training methods their ancestors have used for more than a thousand years in the exact same villages.
RMl4 TIL The Philippines is one of the deadliest places in the world for politicians, with over 1200 political assassinations in the last decade.