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TIL That Pol Pot killed people who had glasses or if they spoke foreign language, just because he thought they were smart.

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b9Y7j TIL that after Hunter S. Thompson, the author best known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, died, he was cremated and his ashes were fired out of a cannon. The cannon was placed on top of a 153-foot statue of a fist holding a peyote button, paid for by Johnny Depp.
WGlX TIL the last princess of Korea died in 1989, after 37 years spent in Japan, returning to Korea in tears, and resided in Changdeok Palace until her death, the last royal resident to reside there. Her parents would’ve been the last Emperor and Empress of Korea had it not been annexed to Japan in 1910.
mxQdM TIL Wifi exists because cellular networks didn't license the frequency band (2.4 GHz) since the frequency is subject to interference, allowing researchers to experiment with the unlicensed band and develop the technology