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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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4XKVa TIL Illegal home distilling of pálinka became popular in the 18th century when peasant breweries were shut down. The practice was fuelled by the desire to make use of fruit that had fallen from the tree and could not be eaten, coupled with the knowledge that making it at home was much less expensive
P58J TIL a man, instructed by the “holy spirit”, spent 32 days answering more than 500 calls at the Mojave Phone Booth, located 8 miles from the nearest paved road and 15 from the nearest numbered highway. These calls included several from someone who ID themselves as “Sergeant Zeno from the Pentagon”
Y70bP TIL Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism.
nyyW TIL that when curry was introduced into Japan it was considered a British dish, not an Indian one, because of its popularity among British sailors.
BV7L TIL during the Iraq war, the US military was in the habit of leaving items such as detonation cords, plastic explosives and ammunition laying about, and then when an Iraqi came upon it, they were considered fair game to be killed if they attempted to leave with the goods. This was called ‘baiting’.