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TIL that Iceland had a law that allowed killing every Basque person on sight until 2015.

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LkEWd TIL Sears once sold homes though their catalogue. These kits would include everything the home would require, including plumbing, heating and wiring. Parts would arrive by train to the buyer, who would assemble it themselves. Many of these houses still stand today.
JYgGk TIL that when Ready Player One was released, there was an easter egg in the book that lead readers to three challenges, including playing a new Richard Garriott game and setting a world record on a game for the Atari 2600. The winner of the challenges was awarded a vintage DeLorean.
PyNG TIL some have argued that the US legally holds sovereignty over Taiwan due to a peace treaty signed at the end of World War II. In 2006, a group of Taiwanese residents unsuccessfully filed a complain asking for Taiwanese residents to receive US Constitutional rights for this reason.
OK8g TIL there was a man who fought for Finland, the Nazis, and the US Army Special Forces, escaped a POW camp, was pardoned by the President of Finland, earned a Bronze Star and Five Purple Hearts, and disappeared in 1965, only to have his remains confirmed in 1999.
vvl4 TIL: Man who grounded 4,000 planes on 9/11 was on first day of his job