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TIL Snoop Dogg wanted to rent the country of Liechtenstein for 1 day for his song clip, but could not rent the country because he reported late to the country

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gMZVy TIL that when the host of "Candid Camera" Allen Funt was on a flight that was highjacked, passengers recognized him and thought the it was all just a joke for the show. Despite his insistence that the hijacking was real, no one believed him until the plane landed in Cuba.
7y8L TIL of a Chinese traffic jam that lasted 10 days, with some individual drivers taking up to 5 days to get out. This took so long that a small micro economy developed on the highway
BgKXb TIL Spartan law forbade the marriage of a girl until she was in her late teens or early 20s. The reasons were to ensure the birth of healthy children; and to spare women the risks and lifelong health damage associated with adolescent pregnancy.
epN4k TIL about Taikyoku Shogi, the largest physically playable game
41Bb TIL: FL woman sent thousands of dollars to Peru to help suspected killer Joran Van der Sloot with his defense.