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TIL: The name of the guy who doomed the world is Lee Raymond.

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4XX9X TIL if caught with a Plastic bag in Kenya you could be fined $40000/imprisoned for 4 years
loKZr TIL there is a Led Zeppelin cover band called Dread Zeppelin that remakes it songs in a reggae style sung by an Elvis impersonator.
Oppg TIL Da Vinci was a devoted vegetarian, a nearly-unheard of practice at his time. His love for animals was such that he would often purchase caged birds just to release them.
9YWbm TIL Kim Jong Il once kidnapped the biggest South Korean director and movie star (who were also ex-husband and wife) and brought them to North Korea to make movies for him. They escaped by convincing him to let them go abroad to promote the North Korean film industry.
JY8Dl TIL: in 1978 the supreme Court changed the credit card industry by erasing state laws that limit interest rates.