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TIL China recorded the second highest death toll during WWII, totaling 14 million casualties

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e0D05 TIL Angelina Jolie once hired a hitman to kill her because she felt being murdered would be easier on her family than her suicide. The hitman gave her time to reflect, though, and she changed her mind.
7rnyr TIL The USA dumped Nuclear Waste from Secret Missile bases under the Greenland Ice Sheet, and due to the ice melting this waste is now at risk of soon entering the EcoSystem.
PP1Z TIL that one of Alabama’s most prominent meth dealers in the 2000s was a teacher named “Walter White.” He was arrested the year Breaking Bad began.
rRAno TIL there’s an Australian street artist named “Wanksy” who draws large penises on potholes in order to convince the city council to fix them.
KnyE TIL that on August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, was shot and killed in Arlington, VA. Hearing of his son’s death, Rockwell’s father said: “I am not surprised at all. I’ve expected it for quite some time.”