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TIL there’s a German Sesame Street

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PYwO TIL Some Russian yachts offer “pirate hunting” cruises off Somali coast where yacht owners provide AK-47’s for a chance to kill pirates.
nwbr TIL all the McDonalds in Argentina were forced to sell the Big Mac at an artificially low price to hide inflation, and to manipulate the country’s performance on the Big Mac index
xVe1 TIL In 1984 Terry Williams was sentenced to death for murdering two men. After his sentencing, when jurors learned these men had repeatedly raped Williams for years, several came forward to say they no longer supported his death sentence. He is scheduled to be executed on October 3rd, 2012.
4kNPJ TIL MegaUpload was relaunched as Mega.nz
BgMpD TIL St. Patrick’s original color and earliest depictions are in blue garments, not green. George III, King of Great Britain, founded in 1783 the "Order of St. Patrick" and official color was a sky blue, known as "St. Patrick's Blue."