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TIL about a Japanese politician who was convinced that he was God incarnate, which led him to run for president from 1997 to 2013

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neWZ7 TIL that ABBA's "Dancing Queen" is a favourite of Queen Elizabeth II. She claims: "I always try to dance when this song comes on, because I am the Queen, and I like to dance."
WkQYd TIL in 1973 a white police officer in Dallas, TX killed a 12-year old Hispanic boy during an illegal interrogation and was sentenced to a mere 5 years in prison and only served half that
m1jMo TIL that a wealth of fossilized footprints newly discovered since 2009 suggest humans arrived in North America at least 10,000 years earlier than previously thought
PxEe TIL that human bodies would be unharmed in the vacuum of space. You would survive long enough to suffocate, and would not explode.
9Y95M TIL about a tiger shark vomiting an arm which belonged to a man who disappeared a few weeks earlier, and sparked one of the most infamous crime stories in Australia.