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TIL Finnish police have shot only 4 people to death in 25 years

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y1wp TIL of the Holodomor, mass-deaths resulting from man-made famine in Ukraine during 1932. The highest estimates of death tolls rival the Holocaust with anywhere from 3 to 12 million killed.
ADk1a TIL Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States, passed the eye exam needed to enter the National Guard by memorizing the eye chart due to his poor eyesight
Z8bRp TIL Florence Nightingale invented the pie chart
8aQ8a TIL when Elvis was referred to by his nickname "the king" after a concert, he pointed to Fats Domino and said "no, that's the real king of rock and roll."
0dkyM TIL that Mt. Washington in New Hampshire is considered the place with the "worst weather on planet earth" rivaling the Himalayas and polar regions.