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TIL that Bhutan issued a stamp in 1973 that played the national anthem of Bhutan when placed on a record player

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9ybr TIL that Bank of America mistakenly foreclosed a couple (Warren and Maureen Nyerges), who sued and won a judgment for $2500 in Legal expenses. While bank didn’t pay the couple showed up at the bank with a moving company, a deputy, and a writ allowing them to start seizing furniture and cash.
7BZ7 TIL a US judge has ruled that a man who was declared dead after he had disappeared for 30 years cannot be declared officially alive, though he has returned home and is in good health.
kOexe TIL that the same chemical which gives beets their "earthy" taste is also partially responsible for the smell the occurs when rain falls after a long dry spell.
D1l5Y TIL Contract killings made up 5% of all murders in Scotland from 1993 to 2002
Z8Y0a TIL the Beatles album, Abbey Road, was originally going to be called Everest but none of the Beatles wanted to fly to the Himalayas to take a photo so they just called the album Abbey road.