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TIL that a politician in Japan was assassinated by yakuza shortly after he announced an investigation into millions of dollars of off-the-book spending. No other politican has resumed his investigation.

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lox17 TIL At 8 years old, during a chicken dinner with family,Jeffrey Dahmer expressed a curiosity to his father of how to bleach chicken bones. His chemist father was proud of his son’s scientific curiosity so he showed him how to safely bleach and preserve the bones, which he used on his later victims
Bw6W TIL that blue painted ceilings repel wasps because they are fooled into thinking its the sky
p8awZ TIL Over 60 million cigarette butts have been collected on beaches making them the single greatest source of ocean trash.
j6ran TIL in 1998, a preservation group began restoring Ben Franklin’s residence in London. During their rehabilitation work, they discovered a secret, windowless room under his garden containing the remains of 15 people.
rRBnM TIL It takes thousands of years for sunlight to travel from the Sun’s core to its surface and then only ~8 minutes to reach us.