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TIL about battleboarding or versus debating, an online activity that involves discussing hypothetical fights between individuals, often times fictional characters.

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p8WYA TIL that people & organizations have spent millions of dollars to build an electrical grid in Kenya to have their efforts thwarted by individuals who steal PCP contaminated oil to sell to road side vendors to fry food with.
wopp1 TIL of one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities with buildings around 1000 years old in the United States which predates European settlement
voVx TIL Simpsons Director David Mirkin tried to leak fake endings for the Two Part Episode Who killed Mr. Burns, but to his surprise all news outlets rejected him, stating it would be immoral to air spoilers
Y7oW TIL that in 1998, 4% of the 225 richest men’s wealth could provide for entire globe: basic education, basic health care, adequate food, clean water and safe sewers. [NY Times original source]
v1Abx TIL all Treasurers of the USA have been women since 1949. Their signatures appear on all paper money.