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TIL King Leopold of Belgium had between 1-15 million Congolese people murdered while he exploited their area for rubber

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wodMM TIL many Olympic athletes are either broke or working 9–to-5 jobs outside of their training.
djDB TIL the First Aid Kit was invented for railroad surgeons who needed sterile equipment to treat their construction workers.
R7GJl TIL Tomohiro Nishikado, creator of Space Invaders, made the entire game himself. Not only was he its designer, programmer, artist, and sound mixer, but he also engineered the game’s microcomputer from scratch.
v1kNj TIL of Don Marion Davis, who at 102 is the oldest surviving actor of the silent movie era, who was one of the most famous child actors worldwide
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