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TIL Hong Kong’s richest man and one of the richest men in the world is named Ka-Shing

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WLJY TIL that out of the 12 high profile BP whistle-blowers, 9 are mysteriously dead, 1 nearly died in a brutal assassination attempt, 1 is imprisoned under questionable charges, and another has simply disappeared
jN0R TIL not to clean cat urine with bleach, having forgotten that cat urine contains ammonia.
4kJKR TIL Martin Sommer, a convicted concentration camp guard who (allegedly) had two priests crucified, became a double amputee in military service and was released from his life sentence in prison in 1971 because no prison was equipped to continue treating his war-related injuries.
QJ1N6 TIL that the FBI once sent Martin Luther King Jr. a threatening letter encouraging him to commit suicide.
gMwk9 TIL about the Cod wars which were a series of confrontations between Iceland and the U.K. over fishing rights in the North Atlantic. There were three in total all of which ended in Icelandic victories.