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TIL that Vasili Blokhin, chief executioner of the Stalinist NKVD, personally shot and killed over 7,000 people

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6EQAl TIL the Confederacy had large support of Native Americans due to mutual distrust of the Federal Government and use of slavery. They mandated native representation and native sovereignty.
nWNVd TIL that I’m 1997 two artists made “The Most Unwanted Song” which was composed of all elements that people dislike (according to a survey). It’s also 22 minutes long.
RGkj TIL: The Texas Railroad Commission Has Nothing to do With Railroads. It Regulates Oil and Gas in the State and Maintains its Name to Avoid Critical Oversight.
kJLEm TIL that there is a comic where Marvel villain Thanos tortures a man named David every year on his birthday by visiting him and ruining his day somehow. This is for no reason other than to inflict pain and suffering on a personal level, and David was chosen at random.
poG8 TIL that Fred Jones from Scooby Doo is currently played by the character’s original voice actor from back in 1969.