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TIL The Pirate Bay tried to buy their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.

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WkyJ8 TIL that the song "Christmas Eve (12/24 Sarajevo)", by the Trans Siberian Orchestra, tells the story of an elderly cellist returning to his war-torn home country. He played Christmas carols in the middle of town while the area was bombed by the Serbs.
neLlW TIL trader Andrew Myrick was found dead with grass stuffed in his mouth and buttocks after refusing to sell food to Dakota people.
VMaDD TIL of Staff Sgt. Monique Munro-Harris, who survived a sting from one of the world's most poisonous creatures and now goes by the call sign "The Scorpion Queen"
xVvXB TIL that China has over 100 cities with more than 1 million residents
ep0Wg TIL that the normal range of volumes of flatus varies hugely from 476mL to 1,491 mL every 24 hours. The number of flatus episodes per day is variable; the normal range is given as 8 to 20 per day. The volume of flatus associated with each flatulence event again varies from 5mL to 375 mL