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TIL Tallinn is the biggest city and the first national capital in the world to offer free bus services for everybody

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PYejL TIL A British MP tried to fake his own death, and was only discovered in Australia after being mistaken for another famous missing person. He was later found to be a Czech spy and died from a heart attack he suffered on live TV.
VMvkQ TIL that the NBA was was founded by the owners ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada in order to provide a means to income when ice hockey was not in session.
E10YX TIL Many “Vampire killing kits”, allegedly from the 19th century, are sold in auction houses such as Sotheby’s, for upwards of $12,000. However, their authenticity is debatable as they contain materials that place them as being made in the 1930s or later. There is also no historical basis for them.
rR6Ay TIL that in 1990, the U.S Secret Service once raided the makers of a tabletop RPG game system, believing that one of their manuals (GURPS Cyberpunk) would help people commit computer crimes. The lawsuit resulting from it helped form the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Y7KZB TIL the Japanese Navy still uses the "rising sun" flag, a flag most commonly associated with Imperialist Japan, and the atrocities commited by their military during WWII.