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R5WR6 TIL the largest landowner in the world is King Charles, who owns 6.6billion acres (roughly 1/6 of the entire world land area), which is more then the next 24 largest landowners combined.
KOp5a TIL that professional mini golf is a thing and competitors will travel across America to compete, including a “Master’s” tournament where the prize is a coveted green hoodie.
QNZjk TIL that in World War 2 Nazis used secret codes to communicate using a machine called the Enigma Machine which would use morse code but make it very, very difficult and there was a building in England where many people were recruited to work as decoders and it would take hours or days to solve.
a7RJ TIL that the Bermuda Triangle mystery is nothing more than the result of bad/sensational journalism.
ADvdl TIL The city of Washington D.C. launched a manhunt for "Jimmy," an 8-year-old heroin addict profiled in a Pulitzer-winning article. Mayor Marion Barry announced that Jimmy had been found and was being treated, which was revealed to be a lie after the entire article was also revealed as a lie