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TIL That some high schools have coffee shops in them!

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vrg4 TIL Stalin’s granddaughter lives in Portland, Oregon, where she sells antiques, vintage clothes, and scented candles.
d8DD7 TIL in 1979, GIGN commandos briefly converted to Islam to advise and assist Saudi counterterror teams in seizing the Grand Mosque in Mecca, infidels not being permitted to step foot in the Holy City - the mosque had been taken over by an estimated 300 - 600 militants
BrVLr TIL of the term "paraprosdokian" - a figure of speech in which the latter part of a phrase is surprising in a way that causes the reader or listener to reinterpret the first part. An example would be Mitch Hedberg's famous one-liner "I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long."
jN7lM TIL that eggs boiled in young boys urine is a traditional dish in a certain part of China.
GAZ6N TIL In the early 2000's the original trilogy of Star War ran on tv in Chilie and they incorporated beer ads into the movies