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TIL the Night Stalker killed Peter Pan. His 16th victim.

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7rjQx TIL that the residents of Glasgow, Scotland, donated more money to the UK's WW1 tank program than any other city. A year later, tanks were sent into Glasgow to help suppress a strike of workers demanding higher post-war wages. (The photo in this article is from the fundraising, not the strike)
D1NKv TIL 'God Save The Queen' by The Sex Pistols was set to be Number 1 in the UK Top 40 chart on the weekend of The Queen's Jubilee in 1977. The BBC and UK Charts Company fixed the sales and banned the song so that Rod Stewart would be number 1, denying the Sex Pistols the top spot.
a8edb TIL the US covers four of the top 5 largest air forces in the world: US Air Force, US Navy, US Army and the USMC
E16Lo TIL that Australian opium farmers have problems with mysterious crop circles in their fields, it turns out that these circles were made by wallabies who got stoned after breaking into the poppy farm and started hopping around in circles.
NVXP TIL in Sweden fathers are eligible for 13 months of PAID leave for every child they have.