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TIL: Saudi Declares Online Satire A Punishable Offense

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MEMB TIL of the Moriori genocide. They could have fought back, but their leaders ended up saying that diplomacy “was not a survival strategy, but a moral imperative”.
l7pQr TIL the most prolific serial killer in Norway served 12 years of his 21 year sentence and was released for good behaviour. He has lived as a free man for nearly 30 years.
kO4vm TIL The iconic font for "Star Wars" was derived from Helvetica Black because designer Suzy Rice thought that it was the most Fascist typeface she could think of.
EgkZW TIL about FedEx flight 705, where a FedEx employee passenger attempted to crash the plane by attacking the entire crew with a hammer and a spear gun.
WkOx9 TIL there's an engineer, in the woods near Portland Oregon, who lives in an old Boeing 727 since 1999