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TIL the Vatican has the World’s highest crime rate

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m1Ppv TIL that powerful jets of high-energy particles created by supermassive black holes must be pointed at Earth to be called a Blazar
LQrym TIL Hetty Green, the "Witch of Wall Street," became the wealthiest woman of the early 20th century, amassing a $100M fortune (~$2.7B today) by investing in real estate, railroads, and mortgages. Green was also a miser who wore the same black dress daily, ate only oatmeal, and lived in cheap housing.
0wBvj TIL in WW2 when the US Air Force were trying to reduce losses of their bombers, they wanted to add armor to the areas that received the most damage, but a mathematician suggested they add the armor in areas that did not receive damage, as planes shot in those areas never made it back to be analyzed.
yQwrX TIL Japan owns a larger percentage of US debt than China, and China only own 3.9% of the total US debt and 15.5% of foreign debt.
XE1lk TIL the former dictator of the Central African Republic, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, forced the nation's school children to buy expensive uniforms from a company he owned. When the children protested, he had 100 of them executed as an example.