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TIL: A North Korean official was executed using a flamethrower.

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EBVd TIL the world’s largest grocery wholesale company is based in a nondescript office in Keene, New Hampshire. The company uses unmarked trucks and the owner hasn’t given an interview in over a decade.
kOMZe TIL the Ancient Greek poet Sotades made fun of Ptolemy II of Egypt for marrying his own sister. For this the poet was imprisoned. He briefly escaped before being recaptured on the island of Caunus, shut up in a leaden chest and thrown into the sea.
PYdxV TIL of the first person to be banned from the internet, Chris Lamprecht (u/mthreat)
6E98X TIL that leap years occur every 4 years EXCEPT when the year is divisible by 100, UNLESS that year is also divisible by 400. So the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 weren't leap years, but 2000 was.
1aR0d TIL that WW1 was referred to as "The war to end all wars." Since it's end 100 years ago to the day, there have been a total of at least 224 separate wars around the world. Resulting in a total of around 67,380,966 deaths.