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TIL After Kim Dotcom, creator of megaupload, had his house raided by authorities he used the footage to create his own music video

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DQ0vP TIL that when Charles Guiteau bought the gun he would use to assassinate President Garfield, he chose one with a more expensive ivory handle, thinking it would look better in a museum. Though the gun was given to the Smithsonian, it has since been lost.
Ok71 TIL: The elementary school game, “Heads Up, Seven Up,” was a tool used by educators to determine students that were more likely to cheat. If you weren’t very good chances are you were more honest.
l7JBa TIL London's Black Cabs must have sufficient headroom for a 5ft 8in-tall man (1.7m) to sit in the rear seat wearing a top hat.
6996Q TIL Danish Pastry Are Not from Denmark But Was Brought There by Austrian Bakers
XEO6D TIL cats can make as many as 16 different meow sounds, mostly used only when people are around. Cats also talk in more subtle ways - with their eyes and tails. A slow blink from a feline, for example, is like a wink between friends.