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TIL royalties from Mein Kampf are begrudgingly accepted by the state of Bavaria, then distributed to charity.

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4d4b TIL in January 1972, Ariel Sharon decided 3,000 Bedouin were in the way of a massive military exercise he wanted to conduct. So he summarily expelled two tribes from their homes, during a deep winter spell. At least 40 people died, mostly babies, children and the elderly.
DydP TIL that in the early days of typewriters, Mark Twain stopped using one for letters because of the number of questions he would receive about the machine in response to said letter.
m1P1P TIL about the Easter Sunday Massacre in 1975 where a man killed 11 members of his family. To date it is the deadliest shooting by a lone perp in the state of Ohio
d8vdE TIL on September 6, 1997, approximately 2.5 billion people around the world watched Princess Diana's funeral on TV
Rbew TIL that the current DEA classification of marijuana labels it more dangerous than cocaine or meth