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TIL 'CQD' was the international distress symbol before 'SOS'

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pAxO TIL A man claimed an unclaimed 7 km2 piece of land between Serbia and Croatia as his own country and got approval from both countries. He called it “The Free Republic of Liberland”.
oBaMR TIL that executives at McGraw Hill were curious to find out why their accountant was on television racing a Mclaren F1 GTR, chartering Concorde trips and showing up to work in a Ferrari. Turns out he had been embezzling £2.8 million from them the past 5 years since he was recruited!
D188Y TIL that Pumped Up Kicks, in the writer of the songs word, A big f*** you to hipsters because they will be rocking out to the song while hating the lyrics.
ywjp TIL Cartoon Network actually managed to sneak an ad for themselves onto Nickelodeon
LDjv TIL that members of the Nazi Party and KKK shot five unarmed protesters to death – in NC, in 1979, in broad daylight, while being filmed – and all were acquitted in two separate trials.