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TIL in 1945 a group of Soviet school children presented a US Ambassador with a carved US Seal as a gesture of friendship. It hung in his office for 7 years before discovering it contained a listening device.

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Me1OV TIL of the Gag Law, passed in Puerto Rico on 1948. The act made it a crime to own a Puerto Rican flag, to sing a patriotic tune, to speak or write of independence, or to meet with anyone in favor of Puertorican independence. Signed into law on by Jesús T. Piñero, the United States-appointed governor
ZAOo TIL that a North Korean man allegedly, during a recent famine, dug up his grandchild’s corpse and ate it.
d8Wnr TIL that three would-be rhino poachers got eaten by lions before they could steal any horns.
E9xP TIL in Scotland, landowners can’t restrict access to land; you’re free to walk across any rural or agricultural land as you please.
VM00p TIL of the "Tetris Effect" which occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to pattern their thoughts, mental images, and dreams.