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TIL that a 17 year old survivor of the 2011 Norway attack was arrested, stripped naked and jailed on suspicion of carrying out the attack due to his alleged lack of emotion upon being rescued. He was released after the police discovered he was a traumatized survivor of the Chechen war.

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90Bp TIL There is a town in China where some people have Caucasian-like physical traits, such as Aquiline noses, blond or light-colored hair, blue or green eyes, and fairer skin tone, leading some people to create myths of them being descended from a lost legion of Romans.
wpjJ TIL that a 2 month-old baby boy named Ernest was raffled off at the 1909 World’s Fair in Seattle. No one claimed him with the winning ticket, and it’s unclear what happened to him.
BABk TIL that there is little evidence that Kim Jong-il and the North Korean media ever claimed that he made any kind of improbable golf score. Even North Korean officials say it is an urban myth.
xVxbB TIL “Black Forest Ham” comes from the Black Forest region of Germany, where it was originally coated with beef blood to give it its dark color.
QND8e TIL that a Canadian senior's living complex saw a petty feud sparked after one elderly man moved in with his young wife. The other residents claimed he violated the age limit, and the couple responded by removing doorknobs, egging cars and exposing an affair between a tenant and one of the owners.