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TIL Gangsta’s Paradise is one of the few Coolio songs to not feature profanity because it was the only way Stevie Wonder would authorise the sampling of his song ‘Pastime Paradise’

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wLyGM TIL about Second Lieutenant Vladimir Kotlinsky of the Russian Imperial Army, who led a charge against the Germans after an attack with chlorine gas on WWI, while his and his men bodies were dissolving because of the chemicals action on their flesh
pYdbA TIL that Bisons were in millions up until the beginning of 20th century, the reason was because European settlers and US governments were systematically working on slaughtering them, as a strategy of displacement to enforce native americans to leave.
R7d1a TIL 6 American soldiers defected to North Korea after the Korean War. Most of which lived in NK for the rest of their lives while being "given" wives by the NK government along with support and housing. Some of which had children who live in NK still.
Y71n7 TIL of Ziona. He was the leader of The Church of New Generation, a polygamy-practising Christian sect in Mizoram, India. He had 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law, 33 grandchildren and one great grandchild; 181 family members in total and counting.
E1Plp TIL of Wait Calculation, a dilemma stating that during the millennia long trip to another star system, humanity would easily find ways to increase travel speed greatly, meaning any new expeditions would arrive much earlier. Therefore, no-one would risk wasting their lives on such a meaningless trip.