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TIL that when 45 year old George Foreman knocked out 26 year old Michael Moorer to win the world heavyweight championship, he was wearing the same red trunks he had worn 20 years earlier in the Rumble In The Jungle.

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b8g7 TIL that in 2002, Irish police raided a judge’s home and found child pornography on his computer, but the judge was found ‘Not Guilty’ of possession as the warrant used was one day out of date.
AOr4 TIL there is a custom in Japan called “Namahage” in which men dressed up as demon-like monsters scare the living shit out of children who are “guilty of laziness or bad behavior” while parents smile and laugh while their children scream and cry in terror. (Video in comments)
wXaE TIL that the Pakistan Army raped between 100,000-150,000 women in 1971 in East Pakistan (Bangladesh).
epavE TIL that Richard Sorge was a Soviet spy in Japan during WWII. He had an open affair with the German ambassador’s wife, and told Stalin that Japan would NOT invade Russia, allowing the Soviets to move troops just in time to save Moscow in 1941.
WX1A TIL people who constantly bite the skin around their fingernails or on the inside of their cheeks suffer from dermatophagia, an impulse control disorder linked to anxiety and obsession