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TIL Kowloon Walled City was the densest area in the world, ever; 187 times the population density of Hong Kong

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Eg1Ro TIL Mariano Marcos (the father of former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos and grandfather of president-elect Bongbong Marcos), was executed by guerillas for alleged collaboration with the Japanese. His hands were tied to water buffaloes who riped his body apart alive in different directions.
erog TIL that the lowest rated movie on IMDB is called Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972) with a score of 1.3/10. When Santa’s sleigh gets stuck in Florida, he tells a group of kids the story of Thumbelina.
d86vB TIL Abraham Lincoln faces a different direction on the penny because the penny is an adaptation of a plaque by Victor David Brenner. The illustration was placed on the penny as a result of President Theodore Roosevelt's love for Brenner's work.
e76b TIL The Walmart heirs have the same net worth as the bottom 30 percent of Americans combined
kJGL7 TIL the CIA struggled to recruit candidates who had visible tattoos because such markings made agents easier to identify. This rule has been relaxed, but it once limited their ability to hire otherwise qualified applicants.