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TIL that the US can legally invade the Netherlands to liberate anyone held by the International Criminal Court

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Zldv TIL This Man Invented a Font to Help People With Dyslexia Read. and giving it out for free
JbQk TIL Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ was painted while he was in a mental institution in 1889. Not only that, his painting perfectly captured the scientific phenomenon known as “turbulence” To mathematical precision despite it not being explained via physics in the 1940’s.
78AM TIL that Rwanda is the only country in the world with a female majority in parliament
5YkkP Today I learned that the worst elevator accident occurred when a locomotive fell down a mineshaft and landed on an elevator
wodB7 TIL of the Sampoong Department Store collapse - the 2nd deadliest building collapse in peacetime. The store manager refused to evacuate when told the building would imminently collapse, and served only 7.5 years in prison