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TIL that Uruguay is considered to have won the world cup 4 times and is therefore allowed to have 4 stars on their FIFA world cup jersey

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j6V5X TIL there have been 256,000 unsolved homicides across the United States since 1980
LkEDV TIL Don Lapre, the famous 90's infomercials guy who claimed to make $50,000 per week "placing tiny classified ads in newspapers" slit his throat and bled to death rather than face prison
wLVvP TIL until the 1980s all freight trains in the USA and Canada were required to have a caboose with a crew. They were replaced by the "end-of-train device" which detects and reports any problems to the engineer, ending an era in railway history.
OGQZL TIL of monster Tony Accardo, who became the most powerful boss of the Chicago Outfit. Accardo was regarded as far more capable than Al Capone had ever been, and despite being involved in crime for over eight decades, he never spent more than a night in jail.
EMvd TIL the line “Ideas are peaceful, history is violent” in Fury was ad-libbed by Brad Pitt.