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TIL that in Russia it is illegal to suggest that the USSR and Nazi Germany partitioned Poland in 1939

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7Z8P TIL that Gary Leon Ridgway stood up in a Seattle court on 5 November, 2003 and admitted 48 counts of aggravated first degree murder, he officially became America’s most prolific serial killer.
8aJPG TIL Ed McMahon was a Colonel in the Marines, and flew 85 combat missions in the Korean War, before co-hosting The Tonight Show.
wL6BE TIL that elements within the Japanese Imperial Navy originally planned to assassinate British entertainer Charlie Chaplin during his visit with the Japanese PM in order to provoke a war with the US but Chaplin was not present when the PM was killed.
E1D9w TIL that, although park authorities deny it, Central Park officially has a population of 25 residents according to the 2010 census
GY0rJ TIL it is illegal to fly faster than the speed of sound over the United States.