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TIL Soundcloud was blocked in Turkey in 2014 because a user “haramzadeler” (“bastards” in Turkish) uploaded seven privately recored phonecalls between the now president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, politicians and businessmen, that revealed illegal activity and possible bribery.

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X0LKD TIL Former US Navy Seal hero Chris Kyle claimed in his book the the US Government sent him to New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to kill looters, he claims he sat on top of the Superdome and killed 30 people.
kJkE7 TIL On average, a person passes gas around 14 times a day. That’s roughly once every 1.5 hours!
AOQg TIL scientists are developing edible meat grown from stem cells, which they hope will replace meat from slaughtered livestock.
6E0dw TIL the family of Dracula was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
65gQ TIL “that the life chances of a child [in the United States] are more dependent on the education and income of his parents than in any other advanced country for which there is data.” - Nobel Prize Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz