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TIL That the RMS in the name RMS Titanic stands for Royal Mail Ship

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ZkBv TIL that Indian Casinos came about because a Native American couple, Russell and Helen Bryan, living on a reservation fought property tax all the way up to the Supreme Court therefore establishing precedent that the US government cannot regulate Indian affairs on reservations.
woGA7 TIL that in Iceland alone there are 111 'Blood farms' - that forcibly extract huge quantities of blood from pregnant mares - horses. The blood is used to create a hormone (PMSG) that is given to factory farm pigs to increase the size of their litters.
mOY TIL - apparently there is enough of a problem of court ordered ankle monitors being placed on detachable legs, they have actually created a policy of testing the leg to see if it is real or not before the monitor is put on. This policy is not always followed.
4X1kw TIL Top 15 Countries by Potato Production (tonnes) - From 1961 to 2018
KYdYR TIL in the sixties many people thought Paul McCartney was dead and secretly replaced by a look-alike. People tried to find clues in the music and Beatles artwork and it became an international phenomen.