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TIL German parents not allowed to name their child Lucifer

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awaOA TIL Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected prime mister of indipendentCongo was assassinated by British MI6 and American CIA, in an effort to preserve Congo's mineral resources as a western asset.
yQOLe TIL that defectors from North Korea cannot change their mind: South Korea won't let them go back home, will arrest them if they try
wLKkY TIL Bees can recognize and remember human faces and they use the same technique humans do called configural processing, piecing together components of a face to form a recognizable pattern. They can also remember the faces they have seen from different view points.
awX09 TIL that days before "Superman III" was going to start shooting, the director Richard Lester begged Christoper Reeves to return to his role as Superman, to save the movie from the producer's new choice for the role, Tony Danza.
p8Ap TIL: Kevin Flynn (Tron:Legacy) was on “The Grid” for over 1200 years