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TIL about red-collar crime: when white collar criminals use violence to silence those investigating them

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D1rjr TIL about The Tragically Hip, "the most Canadian band in the world". They have sold more albums in Canada than global bands like U2, and have had nine albums in the #1 spot on Canadian charts, but are virtually unknown outside of Canada.
65Y7 TIL that there have been more than 600 assassination attempts on Fidel Castro, making him the number one person to survive the most assassination attempts.
nQl9 TIL that “Cotton Candy” is called “Fairy Floss” in Australia, “Grandma’s Hair” in Hebrew, “Father’s Beard” in French, “Ghost’s Breath” in Afrikaans, and “Girl’s Hair” in Arabic.
m4px TIL that the Nazi party tried to turn Christmas into a nonreligious holiday celebrating the coming of Hitler, with Saint Nicholas replaced by Odin the “Solstice Man” and swastikas on top of Christmas trees.
67w TIL that Dip Prasad Pun, a Gurkha soldier, single-handedly fought of at least a dozen Taliban assaulting him. He fired more than 400 rounds, launched 17 grenades, detonated a mine, and used his tripod as a weapon when his gun failed.