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TIL that Runescape has been remade inside Minecraft, including Tutorial Island and Quests.

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mkLY TIL that an Australian man living by a cliff has prevented around 160 suicides in his 50 years of living there, by striking up a conversation with people contemplating suicide and inviting them to his house for tea.
ojEr TIL Angry Birds and Clash of Clans have helped rejuvenate Finland’s economy after Nokia’s downfall
gBYX TIL: that 47% of the population publicly defecates in India, and they can get paid one rupee to use a toilet.
gMKkL TIL i learned that Finland has the cleanest air in the world by country
W7Jm9 TIL In 1944 the Japanese Cruiser IJN Tone sunk a British freighter and took 108 survivors onboard, against orders. Admiral Sakonju ordered the prisoners be 'disposed of' and 76 were taken out to sea and Beheaded. Sakonju was hung for war crimes in 1948.