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TIL that there are many types of bagpipes from all over the world.

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gMOBy TIL that a Canadian company named MindGeek owns half of the porn industry, internet video sites and movie studios, with most of the actors are under contract with them. They own so much they compete with themselves for content.
0wxPy TIL Cleveland Indians pitcher Ray Caldwell was struck by lightning in the middle of a game. He got up, finished the inning, and won the game.
XEbKr TIL Nicolas Cage’s earliest childhood memory is from when he was three years old and lying on a bed with Italian nuns, who made him drink Sambuca and fed him a stew made of fox meat.
1kMr TIL Mile marker 420 was removed by officials in Colorado and replaced with a 419.99 sign because the 420 was stolen so often.
e0okn TIL that the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia was drilled for 24 years to a depth of 40,230 ft (7.62 miles). That depth is a mere 0.002% of the way to the middle of the Earth. Whoa.