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TIL That there is a secret subway system in Moscow that is longer than the actual public metro system

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MeO9W TIL West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) deemed it unconstitutional to force ordinary citizens to participate in patriotic rituals. The initial case was for refusal due to religious reasons, but the ruling was generalized to allow all forms of refusal.
EPyo TIL in 2007 The Pirate Bay attempted to buy their own country, Sealand, to attempt to gain immunity from various copyright acts.
Zp4Qo TIL that children in ancient China learned to write from "Thousand Character Text", a 1000-word poem where the characters do not repeat and cover everything from philisophy to astrology.
wLjKP TIL that a Sand Tiger Shark embryo will develop teeth and eat its weaker siblings, to ensure only the strongest are born.
Bale TIL there are 60 condom factories in existence that supplies all of the world’s condoms.