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TIL the Guardian newspaper ran a dating site for over 15 years

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16ZVW TIL Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife were on-screen cousins, until they weren’t…
b6JQ4 TIL in the 1970s, North Korea ordered 1,000 Volvos from Sweden in a deal worth $70 million. After delivering the vehicles, North Korea never paid for the cars, resulting in the largest car theft in human history.
x6aJ5 TIL Haw Par Villa is a theme park in Singapore that features the "10 Courts of Hell", gruesome depictions of Buddhist suffering. It's been popular with families for generations, where children can learn about the consequences of disobeying their parents.
7rJYO TIL that Woody Harrelson's father was a hitman who murdered a federal judge.
BGZL TIL that the majority of the titanium used for building the SR-71 spy plane came from USSR through CIA dummy corporations.