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TIL that after admitting responsibility for over 12,000 deaths in the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge, Kang Kek Iew aka Comrade Duch asked the war crimes tribunal to acquit and release him. They did not.

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N7lLM TIL - The country of Vanuatu has an underwater post office. It is located "50m offshore" and is 3m below the surface. The post office even has a special cancellation stamp that can be used underwater!
9LO7 TIL there is a computer keyboard with buttons like “super”, “hyper”, and allows to type over 8000 different characters.
MeWaK TIL American gangster Al Capone fought to have expiration dates on milk. Submitting a request on behalf of “the safety of the local children”, Capone demanded that the Chicago dairy industry do something to advise consumers about the quality of their produce.
KY81a TIL that acarophenacidae mites mate inside the body of their mother before they are born. Normally one male develops per mother. He develops slightly faster than his sisters and inseminates them.
VMJG8 TIL that TV stations in Montana and Michigan were hacked in 2013 to broadcast bogus emergency alerts about zombies. The Montana alert said "the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living." The Michigan stations said the hacks were traced to "an overseas source."