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TIL that the Czech Republic celebrates Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (17 Nov.) to honor two student protests against Nazis (1939) and Soviets (1989)

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BrYbD TIL Doreen Lioy sent serial killer Richard Ramirez 75 letters in 11 years while he was in jail. The minute she saw his mugshot on the TV, she noticed something “captivating” in his eyes. Ramirez proposed to her, and the courtship continued for the next 9 years before the two got married.
J1Xy4 TIL if you want to look for the Northern Lights online, the live feeds for Air Greenland will often have them streaming.
b9b70 TIL, Lake Angelus is Michigan's least populated locale to be legally designated as a "city", with a population of 290
peeQ TIL that The Great Sphinx of Giza is not located in a remote region of the Egyptian desert; rather, it stares directly at a Pizza Hut and KFC located in what has become a suburb of Cairo.
QNxGk TIL that the most recent bubonic plague pandemic lasted from 1855 to 1960, killing 15 million people worldwide.