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TIL a Srilankan church mistakenly printed Hail Mary by 2pac instead of the actual prayer

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okOo TIL Eric Schimdt had the following to say on what Google can do: “One day we had a conversation where we figured we could just try and predict the stock market… and then we decided it was illegal. So we stopped doing that.”
LdPZ TIL Hugh Trenchard, a British soldier in the Boer War, was shot in the chest and spine, becoming partially paralyzed. He took up bobsledding as a hobby, and after a major accident regained use of his legs.
VbaZ TIL during WWII, Dutch railroad workers went on strike to undermine the German war effort. In response the Germans blocked food supplies to the country, resulting in a famine that killed over 20,000
JavQ TIL Wilmington, North Carolina is the only city in the entire history of the United States to have its elected government violently overthrown in 1898.
Ajdd TIL Plan B (contraceptive) doesn’t work for fat women. Even after being given a double dose of Plan B, the pill has been found completely ineffective for women over 175lbs. (Obviously taking into account height and mass)