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TIL every year in Detroit, MI they have “Devil’s Night,” where residents take to the streets to commit vandalism and arson

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QNLwe TIL about North Korean former soldier Oh Chong Song, who defected to South Korea by simply crashing his car into the DMZ and escaped under a shower of North Korean bullets.
gM7J7 TIL astronomer Galileo Galilei thought Saturn’s rings were arms
JpO8 TIL George Lucas owns the term “Droid” and Motorola must pay him for the rights to use the word “Droid” for their phones.
JYgrV TIL that BMW released an ad on April 1st 2015 saying that they would give away a brand new BMW in exchange for any old car. Suspecting it to be another April Fools prank, no one showed up except one woman. She came in with her 15 year old station wagon and walked off with a £25000 BMW.
oXBY TIL of Dean Karzanes, the man who can run 350 miles without stopping due to a genetic condition.