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TIL the dictator of Turkmenistan makes music and Turkmens must listen it during weddings, like it or not. One of which is a rap song about the dictator's favorite horse.

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epB46 TIL about Senator William Alden “Watertight Smith”, who chaired the US investigations into The sinking of the Titanic and infamously asked why passengers could not shelter in watertight compartments.
OGAwe TIL of Bruno Lüdke, a mentally disabled man who was made to confess dozens of murders and framed as serial killer by the Nazis who ultimately killed him in medical experiments
7KYO TIL that Tom Delonge quit Blink-182 not because of artistic differences, but because he wanted to research the existence of aliens
oBrPW TIL about a Railway station in remote area of Japan that was going to close due to lack of usage. Only one girl used the train everyday to go to school. They kept the station working solely for the girl to graduate and closed once she finished her studies.
VBGaZ TIL about the Academy Juvenile award, an Oscar that was given until 1961 to performers under 18 years old for their contributions to film. The trophy was half the size of the standard Oscar trophy and had such honorees as Shirley Temple, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.