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Today I Learned that an indian Couple Sold their 8-Month-Old Child For an iPhone 14 so they could make Instagram reels.

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N79Pb TIL the gag toy “Whoopee Cushion” has been a practical joke since Roman times, circa 218CE.
J1Rek TIL: in 1906 a group of 500 students from Missouri State University demanded they be let into the Cole Bros. circus for $0.25 instead of $0.50. When they couldn't stay for the concert after the show they marched to the train yard ripped up rails and greased them so the train couldn't leave town.
4Xv1N TIL at least 43 buildings in NYC actually have their own zip code. Due to size, or amount of people who work there, or money they generate.
pY8E8 TIL that James Cameron's Titanic film (1997) has an officially-licensed board game that's based on the movie...and it was released in 2020.
Z8gXG TIL that a couple once tried to name their child Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, which is pronounced "Albin", to protest against Swedish naming laws.