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TIL that the Pangolin is the most trafficked animal in the world.

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YpVox TIL that many countries have restrictions on how to name your child. In France, for example, when parents won't give a name which is not damageable to the child's well-being or a third party, a civil servant can name the newborn on court's order.
vPO8K TIL there is an almost shot for shot Turkish adaption of the TV series House MD, called Hekimoglu.
7vWb TIL in 2002 Sony released a “copy-proof” CD to combat music piracy. Hackers immediately circumvented this design by scribbling on the rim of the CDs with a Sharpie.
jBQv TIL an 8ft. LEGO man labeled ‘No Real Than You Are’ washed up on a Dutch beach in 2007. Origins remain unknown.
W75bN TIL Pope Pius IX, the longest-reigning pope, kidnapped six-year-old Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish boy who had been secretly baptized by a maid. The kidnapping enraged Napoleon III and led to his support for Italian Unification in the War of 1859.