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TIL the Blockbuster Video store in Bend, Oregon is the last in the world

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A10x TIL a woman adopted by a black family in the 1940s only discovered she was white after finding her adoption papers in 2013.
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ZKPp TIL the British used Pundits to explore Tibet in the 1800s. Disguised as religious pilgrims, these Indian men were trained to walk precisely 2,000 steps per mile, and mapped much of the area for the British while skirting the bans placed on westerners.
oRRQA TIL There is a hill in rome made up of 80 million broken pots that were discarded after use in shipping.
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