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TIL no deaths are necessary for the crime of genocide to have been committed.

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oRoQW TIL that a large AMC popcorn contains 25g of protein.
go1L TIL Bald Eagles are so named because “balde” is an Old English word meaning “white.”
PYY8w TIL Tom Petty needed an actress to be a dead woman for a music video. He explained his choice by saying "She's got to look really good, or why would [I] keep her around after she's dead?" I thought, Kim Basinger would be good. I'd probably keep her for a day or two, let's go see if she would do it."
QJAn9 TIL: Tim Burton did not direct "Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas." Henry Selick, director of "James and the Giant Peach" and "Coraline," carried out the task, due to Burton having prior commitments to "Batman Returns."
QJ5o6 TIL of Sidney Lewis who joined the British Army at age 12, fought in the Battle of the Somme at age 13 but was sent home when his mother complained. He reenlisted without her knowledge, fought in Austria in 1918, and went on to fight in WWII, too, before retiring to run a pub.