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Til: That a Japanese Village was spared being destroyed during the 2011 tsunami by its huge seawall - a wall that its previous mayor had been harshly criticized for building

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OGoRX TIL The last living patient treated by Sigmund Freud was 88 in 2006 and credited him as "saving my life". She was a teenager in 1936 who "opened her heart to the therapist", recalling telling 80 year old Freud of reading erotic books and uncomfortable moments with her father
6EexY TIL Global Positioning System (GPS) is owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Air Force. The US makes it freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver but can selectively deny access to the system.
P17ew TIL about Liu Mingwu, a Chinese beggar and serial killer known as "The Beggar Killer," who attacked and killed at least 23 people, predominantly other beggars, across various cities in China between 2001 and 2002. He claimed he did it because they were "dirty and smelly". He was later executed.
4aPa TIL a Chinese gymnastics champion was abandoned after breaking his Achilles tendon and announcing his intentions to go to school, forcing him to become a homeless beggar. He was arrested for stealing on multiple occasions, rejected by several aid organizations and struggled as a street performer.
Zpo TIL that the guitar playing in the show Metalocalypse is animated %100 accurately. What the animated characters on the show are fretting actually corresponds to the notes they’re playing.