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TIL After Taliban were driven from some parts of Afghanistan a man dug up his TV and VCR and watched Titanic with his neighbors. Since TV’s/VCR/Radios were banned under the Taliban many people buried them in their backyards.

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d8dw7 TIL the breakup of Yugoslavia was arguably accelerated by a Serbian man who was injured while pleasuring himself with a glass bottle. When questioned by doctors, he blamed his injury on an attack by "Albanian separatists" and became a cause celebre for Serbian ultranationalists.
JY7Bm TIL Tomochichi, renown Native American Chief and friend to the english was given a monument and burial site at the center of Savannah, GA's Wright Square, only to have it destroyed and replaced with a monument to a railroad man in 1883.
6E9VZ TIL the Lyrebird can mimic the sounds of other animals as well as unnatural sounds, like chainsaws.
GYrK4 TIL that in a survey of the most intimate brand, Generation Z ranked Xbox, Spotify, and Sephora as their top 3; while Millennials ranked PlayStation, Amazon, and Target as their top 3 (divided by gender, men ranked PlayStation, Xbox, and YouTube; and women ranked Walmart, Target, and Disney)
JY7E1 TIL in 2012 Taylor Swift held a contest where she would perform at your school. Internet trolls hijacked the contest allowing a school for the deaf to win. She backed out of the performance and sent a check instead.