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TIL the inventor of the labradoodle deeply regrets his actions.

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d8EkB TIL about the Kowloon Walled City, a completely ungoverned settlement in the middle of Hong Kong. It was the most dense settlement in history, and was built entirely by hand.
JYa9k TIL that in 1953, a North Korean fighter pilot defected to South Korea with his MiG-15 and was rewarded $100,000 from the United States
41Bb TIL: FL woman sent thousands of dollars to Peru to help suspected killer Joran Van der Sloot with his defense.
kOY7W TIL sci-fi author Andy Weir chose Kenya as the global capital for the space industry in a book because it's on the equator, which makes it cheaper to launch to low Earth orbit, because it only takes 1/15th the velocity to launch from there.
9wdX TIL The Shining is the 2nd highest ranked movie for both Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson on IMDB (#45 all-time), yet was nominated for no Oscars or Golden Globes and was nominated for two Razzies, including Worst Director.