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TIL Finnish broadcaster Yle produced news bulletin in Latin between 1989 and 2019. It was ended when there was no replacement for aging producer.

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9YA5Q TIL The Chinese government may have killed up to 10,454 of its own citizens during the Tianamen Square protests of 1989
X0olR TIL in Iceland, during the Medieval Witch trials, majority of the executions were directed at men, with the last execution happening in 1683.
XEJBP TIL in 1994 in Zimbabwe over 60 school children saw a disc shaped craft descend on the school grounds with beings coming out of it and the kids who are now adults still claim it's not a hoax
X0O8k TIL Panthers, Mountain lions, Pumas, Cougars, and Catamounts are all the same cat.
wLZY7 TIL - An 11 year old girl in Nova Scotia, when told she couldn't swim in her local river, initiated testing of the river for fecal contaminants. After the samples tested above allowable limits, three levels of government committed $15 million to install 600 septic tanks along the river.