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TIL that a formal peace treaty to end WWII hasn't been signed between Russia and Japan because of disputed claims over the Kuril Islands.

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K4dE TIL that inmate Thomas Silverstein has spent the last 34 years in Solitary Confinement with no human contact at all.
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9wQOM TIL Jackie Gleason’s game show “You’re in the Picture” was so horrible that it’s second and final episode was nothing but a monologue apology by Jackie decreeing that it "laid, without a doubt, the biggest bomb in history” and "would make the H-Bomb look like a two-inch salute."