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TIL of the Moriori genocide, a pacifist people of the Chatham Islands who were massacred and enslaved by New Zealand Maori in 1835 after being discovered by British Whalers in 1791

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Jr91 TIL Japan has the largest organised crime group in the world called Yamaguchi Gumi that is worth $80bn .By contrast, Sinaloa, Mexico’s largest drug cartel, was worth $3bn.
WZGB TIL the Book of Mathew is the only gospel to mention the Magi (aka the “Wise Men”) and it never specifies how many there were. The three gifts has led to the widespread assumption that there were three men. In Eastern Christianity, especially the Syriac churches, the Magi often number twelve.
nWvBb TIL The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh alone has a population of around 235 million, one bigger than Nigeria or Brazil.
6rW7 TIL hardcore LEGO fans use the phrase “One by Five” as a code name for hot girls, because those are rare in LEGO conventions and the LEGO company doesn’t make a five by one brick.
9YnKQ TIL Russell Crowe now looks like an old D&D player.