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TIL the man most responsible for the Rwandan Genocide was only sentenced to 35 years in prison.

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XEdjQ TIL The first airborne Catholic mass was held aboard the Hindenburg. The candles weren't lit.
NXY4J TIL Baldur's Gate 3 is the first video game ever to win all five major Game of the Year awards (Golden Joystick, The Game, D.I.C.E., Game Developers Choice, & British Academy Games).
NXldE TIL there was no film copyright law in Turkey until 1986, leading to films like "3 Giant Men" which featured Captain America and Mexican wrestler El Santo fighting against a chain-smoking Spider-Man villain, all to the ripped soundtracks of the James Bond movies.
16ABV TIL that in the 16 years before the Berlin Wall was built, 3.5 million East Germans fled the country through West Berlin. In the 28 years after it was built, only 5,000 managed to escape.
yRM TIL Nintendo owns the patent on the “+” shaped d-pad design.