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TIL that when Gottfried Leibniz developed binary code, he was inspired by the divinatory system implemented in the I Ching

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VMwpB TIL that during the Cold War, the USSR mapped the entire world to precise detail. The U.S State Department still uses the maps today due to their accuracy.
rBNd TIL Satanist are distributing a Coloring Book for Children (this webpage contains a link to the PDF ebook)
epxVE TIL that in 1987, Kenneth Parks drove 20 kilometres in his sleep before attacking and killing his mother-in-law and injuring his father-in-law. He woke up on the way home and turned himself in. He was later found not guilty.
AKG4 TIL Mob boss John Gotti’s youngest son was hit by a neighbors car while riding a mini bike, and killed. Not long after the accident the neighbor went missing and has never been found
WkQZd TIL that Gina Han, whom police dubbed "the evil twin," was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison for hatching what prosecutors alleged was a plot to kill her identical twin sister Sunny. Sunny was tied and forced to sit in a bathtub. A 911 call brought police to the scene and they arrested Gina.