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TIL that Amazon owns IMDB and is used to sell their movies.

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6vEl TIL law enforcement and the entire concept of a ‘police force’ is a very new historical concept. Outside of private guards and community vigilantism, policing did not even exist until 1707 in Great Britain - and it was 1829 before police were established in London.
QJoN9 TIL the deepest point on earth isn't the Mariana Trench, but a little whole dug "bored" Soviets
GAv9g TIL the sound of Mr. Krabs walking is the sound of 2 crab leg shells clinking together.
KO1A9 TIL Russia's Far Eastern Federal District is the largest of the eight federal districts but least populated, with a population of 8,371,257 and 75.5% urban. Vladivostok is its largest city, with 592,034 people
W0VA TIL that America is the only developed country on earth where the current generation is less educated than the previous generation