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TIL of Orania: South Africa's only remaining whites only town

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klRe TIL 4 percent of Americans believe that shape-shifting “Lizard People” are in political control of the US and the world. 7 percent were unsure.
eBY6 TIL in 1981 an LP titled “The Wit & Wisdom of Ronald Reagan” was released in the UK, the joke being that the record was completely silent on both sides. It sold over 30,000 copies.
rxV4 TIL a former millionaire has lived mostly alone on an island nearly 30 years - since the stock market crash of 1987
d8Za8 TIL tug-of-war used to be an Olympic sport. In the 1912 Olympics in Sweden, the host nation took gold, Great Britain took silver, and no one won bronze because only two teams showed up.
w8y8 TIL there is a residential development in China called Sky City that is a “Faux Paris,” complete with Parisian statues and an Eiffel Tower. The development has few residents and almost no businesses, giving it an abandoned, creepy feel. (pictures)