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TIL that Pakistan is the largest producer of bagpipes

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JAR8 TIL Ronald Reagan was turned down for a role in the Broadway play “The Best Man” because the playwright didn’t think Reagan could play a credible president
78yjb TIL that Atlanta rapper T.I. has opened an affordable housing development, turning a former shopping center into 143 apartments, including 25 units for homeless youth
wLNv1 TIL: In 1993, San Francisco voters approved a ballot measure to allow police officers to go on patrol with a ventriloquist's dummy.
Oowd7 TIL while walking in Manhattan’s Central Park that each lamppost has a set of numbers at the base. The first 2-3 numbers indicate the closest cross street, and the last number indicates what side of town you’re closest to. An odd number indicates you’re on the west side, and even means east.
ROVa TIL that linguists have studied the weird accent you hear in a lot of early aughts pop-punk and concluded that it’s actually a heightened version of the SoCal accent with random Chicano and British elements.