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TIL: A nonprofit organization purchased a house across from the Westboro Baptist Church and painted it with colors of the gay pride flag as part of an equality campaign.

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EgLX TIL the border between India and Bangladesh is so complicated, there is a “3rd order enclave”: a piece of India within Bangladesh, within India, within Bangladesh.
m1xay TIL the markup of wedding dresses is 3.9, meaning a $500 white dress costs almost $2000 if bought as a wedding dress. According to the study, even a dress sold as a "bridesmaid" dress costs 1.8 times more than a similar formal gown.
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BRed TIL Canada’s debt has increased 25.4% since ‘Conservative’ Stephen Harper was first elected as PM in 2006.