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TIL Pakistan is an acronym: Punjab, Afghan and Kashmir

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W6jA TIL that a year after his wife’s disappearance, a Dutch crime writer wrote a book about a husband killing his wife. Without a body he wasn’t prosecuted and became a minor celebrity until, years later, the body was found and he was convicted of murder.
PYmln TIL Jason Sudeikis from SNL is the nephew of actor George Wendt, known for his role as Norm Peterson on Cheers
eKmg TIL until 2011 in Russia anything under 10% alcohol was considered foodstuff and not alcoholic
699yY TIL that Florida has almost 8,500 miles of shoreline, which if made into a straight line would be more than 1/3 the circumference of Earth.
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