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TIL Japan has as few as two gun-related homicides a year.

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M7e0W TIL That in 1517 7 people were burned at the stake by the Catholic Church for the crime of teaching their children the 10 commandments and the Lord's Prayer.
waE TIL the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, who after the comic’s end became a recluse and evaded interviews and fans, revealed new art after a 16 year absence (an oil painting) to support a cartoonist with Parkinson’s.
l71QV TIL about the Travels of Sir John Mandeville, a 14th century account of an Englishman's travels across Asia to India and China. It contains references to strange creatures such as cyclopes, phoenixes and otters
loZLV TIL the "Austrian Association of Hiking, Sports and Society" was a CIA-funded paramiltary group created to engage in guerilla warfare in case of a Soviet invasion in Austria
5VwEn TIL Russell Williams is a former Canadian colonel who was convicted of two murders