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TIL that until 2011, anything containing less than 10% alcohol in Russia was considered a foodstuff, not an alcoholic beverage.

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KOrG TIL the crowd at the first guillotine execution is reported to have yelled “Bring back our wooden gallows”, because a guillotine was insufficiently entertaining.
ANJx7 TIL all about the criminal Ed Gein and how his crimes inspired many famous horror movies, like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Psycho!
J1gmB TIL former dictator of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov ordered the closure of all libraries outside the capital in the belief that all Turkmen are illiterate.
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