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TIL US soldier Jeremy Morlock admitted to killing unarmed Afghanistan civilians for sport as a part of ‘kill team’ while he was deployed overseas

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lnka TIL Jeremy Clarkson punched Piers Morgan in the face.
5YY9p TIL that in 1774 colonial Americans had the highest standard of living on earth and paid an average of 1.5% in taxes
b60k4 TIL of Shahjahan Bhuiyan, An inmate in Bangladesh who sparked controversy in his own country after being released four years earlier for executing dozens of fellow prisoners by hanging during his stint.
VBp8Z TIL: In 1986, the director of 'Friday the 13th' pitched the idea of a movie where Cheech and Chong become counselors at Camp Crystal Lake and meet Jason Voorhees
BrVNL TIL that Ireland has 3 Peat fired power plants. Using peat taken from Irish bogs, its more polluting than Coal and is so inefficient it is subsided by the state.