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TIL Looting during and after Hurricane Katrina was grossly over exaggerated by the media.

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Ypm5W TIL that in Japanese, being bisexual is referred to as "Nitoryu", or "Dual-wielding"
OoxeL TIL There is an asteroid named 12796 Kamenrider after the Japanese tokusatsu series.
OVe1 TIL Christopher Lee was the only person involved with the Lord of the Rings films to have actually met Tolkien
D1KdY TIL the Second Congo War (1998-2003), relatively recent but almost unknown about in the West, has the worst death toll of any one conflict since the Second World War. 350,000 violent deaths, but the conflict is considered responsible for the deaths between 2,500,000 and 5,400,000 people.
69W4J TIL personalty is all property that is not realty (real estate).