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TIL The government of the Republic of Botswana owns 15% of De Beers.

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NKDQ TIL changing another country’s weather is classed as a war crime under the Geneva convention.
rEZM TIL that the woman who won $2.9 million by suing McDonald’s over spilled hot coffee asked for only $20,000, to cover her medical bills.
MeJd7 TIL that the Morton Salt Company(Girl in a Yellow Dress) was the same company that caused the Challenger disaster(Morton-Thiokol).
g58X TIL a German man broke into prison every night to visit his girlfriend
9YWbm TIL Kim Jong Il once kidnapped the biggest South Korean director and movie star (who were also ex-husband and wife) and brought them to North Korea to make movies for him. They escaped by convincing him to let them go abroad to promote the North Korean film industry.