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TIL there is a radio station in Somalia that has given away assault rifles and hand grenades to children as competition prizes

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v1ywB TIL Harley Quinn wasn't originally a comic book character. She was actually first introduced in Batman: The Animated Series and was so popular that the comic writers decided to add her into the comic universe.
xXBD TIL that in 1973, after The Who’s drummer Keith Moon passed out on stage, Pete Townshend asked the crowd, ‘Can anybody play the drums…I mean somebody good!’ A fan, Scot Halpin, volunteered to play and proceeded to finish the set.
ObDg TIL that one of the reasons the Roman Empire fell was that they spent to much on the military and built a giant wall
oBZK TIL that if the moon was made of barbecue spare ribs it would have 7.34x10^26 calories.
QNGgE TIL that Tolkien realized he had created a moral dilemma when writing orcs. They're supposed to be a purely evil race for the heroes to cut through without guilt, but they could talk and knew about morality, so by Tolkien's beliefs, they couldn't be pure evil and should be given mercy if possible.