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TIL Woody Harrelson's father was a professional hitman who died in prison after assassinating a federal judge.

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NlEE TIL Sweden actually buys garbage from other nations, they burn all of theirs to create electricity and need more.
YLQZ TIL that dashcam videos are so popular in Russia that they have spawned their own lexicon which includes железобетонное очко or “Anus of Concrete”, an honourary title given to particularly fearless drivers.
jNRZp TIL that AOL is still selling dial-up Internet services to around 2.1 million people every year. Welcome!
0ve5 TIL 68% of people in one study experienced “phantom vibration syndrome"—a sensory hallucination where you mistakenly think your phone is buzzing.
d8n8E TIL that the first full size radio-operated military drone was developed in 1935 in the form of the de Havilland DH-82B Queen Bee. Originally developed by the Royal Navy for target practice, it could take off and land without human operation and more than 400 were constructed.