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TIL the famous song "Singin' in the Rain" passed into public domain in the U.S. in January of this year.

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rRl1d TIL King Leopold II of Belgium turned the Congo into one massive slave plantation that resulted in an estimated 10,000,000 deaths, with historians comparing him to Hitler and Stalin.
Gpp5 TIL Japan’s Unit 731, during WWII infected prisoners with tiger blood, anthrax and other diseases/viruses, amputated limbs without anesthesia and tested weapons on live prisoners. The research notes were given to the US in exchange for immunity post war…
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