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TIL that the Tetris theme song came from a russian folk song by the name of Коробе́йники

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7DQ7 TIL that in the USA, the deadliest job is logging, followed by fishing. Taxi drivers are the most likely to be murdered, more than twice as likely than cops.
yKrw TIL that Singapore has the highest ratio of millionaires in the world. 1/6 residents has 1 million USD in disposable wealth.
W7ZyB TIL Dr. Sigmund Freud's birth name was Sigismund Schlomo Freud
RkW9 TIL daschunds look like they do because they were bred to hunt badgers and other animals that live in burrows
R6R6 TIL that Treblinka guard Kurt Franz would hide a small pistol in a boxing glove. He would then challenge prisoners to boxing matches. Right before the fight was to begin, Franz would shoot the prisoner dead.