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TIL there is a deaf rapper named ‘Signmark’ who raps using sign language.

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N7NmM TIL the German crime show Aktenzeichen XY Ungelöst (Case number XY...unsolved) has been on the air for more than 53 years and provided the inspiration for Unsolved Mysteries and America's Most Wanted in the US and Crimewatch in the UK.
QJ4nE TIL before the Waco siege, a competing sect leader challenged David Koresh to a resurrection contest. Instead, Koresh reported him to police for corpse abuse.
a8DvZ TIL That European settlers introduced the possum from Australia into New Zealand to establish a population for hunting purposes in the 1850's, after awhile the population sky rocketed up to 70 million at one point and are considered a destructive pest in New Zealand today.
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