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TIL Earths Geographical North Pole is actually earths Southern Magnetic Pole.

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QJ7md TIL: Lenovo is owned by the Chinese Government (30% shares) and no longer IBM (18.9% shares)
wQXW TIL Katy Perry’s parents wouldn’t let her eat Lucky Charms as a child, because the word “luck” was considered satanic.
yQ6xV TIL that Vivendi (the media conglomerate that owns Universal Music Group, Dailymotion, Gameloft, etc.) was founded by decree of emperor Napoleon III in 1853 as a water supply company.
5VmEp TIL “Corpus Delicti” is the principle that a crime must be proved to have occurred before a person can be convicted of committing that crime.
Wk9mN TIL: Ireland were neutral in WW2, paid condolences to the Hitlers death, persecuted Irish men who returned after fighting for the allies, and for 9 years Irish membership to the United nations was vetoed because they had not joined the allies.