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TIL of Chalino Sánchez, a narcocorrido singer, who apparently received a death threat while performing, and was murdered after the show.

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DQg7e TIL that the UK received 50% of the total funding given to Europe via the Marshall Plan in 1948, valued to 60 billion USD today.
BgpPd TIL "Below the fold" is referring to the bottom half of a newspaper.
lo7R7 TIL A Famous Chef in NYC Made Cheese From His Wife's Breastmilk.
8aEjG TIL of Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman al-Hussayen, a senior official in Saudi Arabia, who stayed in the same hotel as the 9/11 hijackers the night before the attacks. He feigned a seizure when interviewed by the FBI and flew back to Saudi Arabia after flights resumed, against the FBI’s recommendation.
R5oW8 TIL about Helsinki's 'underground city' in Finland. It is composed of +5.000 underground bunkers carved into the bedrock. It can house up to 900,000 people in case of a nuclear attack on the capital.