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TIL in 1909 Governor of Hong Kong proposed returning British Weihaiwei to China in return for perpetual rule of all of Hong Kong. His proposal was ignored by British government, and both Weihaiwei and Hong Kong returned to China eventually

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4kJx6 TIL that the mother of columbine victim Anne Marie Hochhalter committed suicide 6 months after the Columbine shooting by walking into a pawn shop, asking to see a gun, loading it with ammo she brought and shooting herself in the head.
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