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TIL that movie studios train EAGLES and HAWKS to take out drones trying to snap production pics

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VBGlB TIL the actor/comedian Sinbad was one of the top ten worst tax debtors to the state of California in 2009, owing up to $2.5 million in income tax to the state
ewZ6 TIL that in Ancient Rome women would drink turpentine to make their urine smell sweet, like roses or violets.
KP8J TIL there are only nine restaurants in the United States that are certified by the Kobe Beef Association in Japan to carry real Kobe Beef. Every other restaurant with the word “Kobe” in their menu is misleading their customers and serving a knock-off product.
jMrX TIL Egyptian women would urinate on wheat and barley seeds to find out if they were pregnant. They could even tell if it was a boy or girl.
OGYgg TIL that perhaps the most famous female American poet, Emily Dickinson, only had 10 poems published of the roughly 1,800 she composed