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TIL A Japanese man who murdered and ate a Dutch student is free and treated like a celebrity in Japan

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epY6 TIL That in addition to HTTP response codes 403: Forbidden, 404: Not found, etc. There also is Code 418: I’m a Teapot.
MekxA TIL that the type of Nike sneakers worn by members of the Heaven's Gate cult in their 1997 mass suicide are highly sought after by sneaker collectors
pY7wQ TIL about the "information-to-action ratio," a postulate that explains how access to more information actually hinders our ability to prioritize information we can act upon.
Eggp0 TIL Pineapple is not a citrus fruit but a group of berries that have fused together.
OGXjg TIL in the 1978 world chess championship there was accusations of a hypnotherapist being used to rig the game; so 2 Ananda Marga yoga specialists convicted of murder were hired to counter-act him.