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TIL Russian backed rebels that are alleged to have shot civilians airliner MH17 LOOTED the bodies and used the credit cards of the victims...

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epOYE TIL that the "Dead Sea Scrolls" were discovered in the 1940s, a set of ancient scripts written by an independent Jewish sect called the Essences
YlMZ TIL in Canada you can serve a prison sentence on weekends.
Ypl4x TIL Theodore Roosevelt was the first siting president to take an international trip (Panama). Prior to this it was seen taboo, citizens did not want the president mingling with royalty. Changes in America's foreign policy and barriers to travel made it a valuable part of the modern Presidency.
XEaDP TIL "Tremolo bars" are called that way because Leo Fender had a habit of calling his volume pedal "vibrato pedal" and his vibrato bar "tremolo bar". Tremolo is a change in volume while vibrato is change in pitch.
8eLKK TIL That the screenplay for the James Bond film "You only live twice" was written by Roald Dahl