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TIL about Wallace Souza, a Brazilian politician & TV personality who hosted a true-crime show. He was found guilty of arranging murders himself in order to get the inside scoop and boost ratings for his show.

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YbpZ TIL That North Koreans can only choose from 28 hairstyles that are approved by their government
ZlwQ TIL That there’s a subculture of neo-nazi’s hipsters. They’re called “Nipsters”.
6EnQ8 TIL that a Japanese company wanted to build an office building on a plot of land it owned, while another company had permits to build a highway through the same plot. The companies compromised by building a 16-story office building and putting the highway on floors 5-7.
4O6 TIL Facial disfigurements creep us out, because our subconsciousness scans the disfigurement as a potential disease.
KPNG TIL a US Marines airplane cut through a cable car wire at an Italian ski resort, which caused the cable car to plunge 80 meters (260 feet) to the ground, killing all 20 people onboard. One of the crewmen later destroyed incriminating evidence against himself and the rest of the crew.