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TIL starting in 2001, Dell Glover became the "world's leading leaker of pre-release music." He worked at a Universal CD pressing plant & was a member of a file-sharing group called Rabid Neurosis. Over an 11-year period, Rabid Neurosis was responsible for leaking over 20,000 albums.

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7Q6b TIL that John McCain was born in Panama and not the continental US. How did he run for president? After a bipartisan review and a Senate resolution, it was concluded he was a natural born citizen as at the time Panama was controlled by the US.
16oXd TIL a sufragette once followed Winston Churchill everywhere he went and rang a bell every time he tried to speak in public.
W7J99 TIL that India and Pakistan played a Cricket World Cup Match in 1999 while both countries were at war with each other.
yGxv TIL America is still declared a “State of Emergency”
kOxD7 TIL in 2012, a burger king employee anonymously posted an image on 4-chan of him putting his feet in lettuce, with the caption: "This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King." It took 20 minutes for people to track down the branch the employee worked at and contact the news. He was promptly fired.