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

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AD9A4 TIL that rapper J. Cole graduated high school with a 4.2 GPA, accepted a scholarship to St. Johns University, was the president of a pan-African student coalition in college, and graduated with a magna cum laude in communication and business.
YAod TIL that GM and Ford each pay their CEOs about as much as the total combined salaries of Toyota’s entire executive team.
gWEL TIL That in 1978, Apple Corps, founded by The Beatles, sued Apple Computer for trademark infringement. Apple Corps won, and Apple Computer agreed to not enter the music business as part of the settlement.
0wZM1 TIL wealthy Chinese criminals occasionally hire look-a-likes to serve their prison sentence
JYD41 TIL during the Battle of the Wilderness, a fistfight between a Union and Confederate soldier caused a ceasefire, as both sides stopped fighting to watch the scuffle. The Union soldier lost and was taken prisoner. The battle then resumed.