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TIL that North Koreans abducted dozens of Japanese which they apologise for in 2002.

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R7Znw TIL It has been 42 years since an Italian born Catholic Pope has been in office. The last time it was longer was during the 1400's when "The Western Schism" had competing Popes living in France and Italy.
QvWd TIL Facebook introduced a new newsfeed then cancelled it - the user experience was so good that users no longer spent so much time on Facebook, reducing ad profits.
NjX8 TIL Ted Bundy was his own lawyer during his hearing in which he asked to go to the library to research his case then jumped out of a window to hike up the nearby mountains and camped there, then he found and stole a car before police noticed his car weaving and finally apprehended him.
ng8o TIL There are over 2100 languages spoken natively in Africa making it the most linguistically diverse continent in the world
Bgv8y TIL that those various "Heidi" movies are based on a true story