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TIL It's illegal in Turkey to insult Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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JYGgk TIL Richard Hatch, $1 million winner of the first season of Survivor, was jailed for tax evasion for not reporting his winnings
XE8Vr TIL in 1916 New Jersey experienced numerous shark attacks, one shark even swam inland through a creek to kill two people.
e0kRn TIL that the smallest national flag ever created had an area of 0.697 square micrometers and was a Canadian flag. You'd need an electron microscope to see it.
VWRZ TIL That between 1958-1961, China’s attempt to socialize the country and implement agricultural collectivization resulted in an estimated 18 million to 45 million deaths from famine and murder, a considerably higher number than even the Holocaust.
X0nd6 TIL: Gatorade Shower was invented in 1984 by Jim Burt of the NY Giants.