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TIL the island of Okinawa was under US control from 1945 till 1972 when it was returned to Japan

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Z8MXG TIL Australian child murderer, psychopath & pedophile Nicole Louise Pearce (born Paul Luckman) underwent gender-reassignment at state expense while incarcerated, was paroled in 1999 against the advice of majority professional opinion and repeatedly relocated to within close proximity of children
QLyX TIL it was no coincidence “Antz” was released a month before Disney/Pixar “A Bugs life”. Pixar had been working on Bugs Life for much longer. Antz was made by a former Disney employee who didn’t leave on good terms. He sped up the production admitting his intentions were to “Battle Disney”
xVE87 TIL Game of Thrones co-creator David Benioff wrote a novel, City of Thieves, about 2 people surviving the Nazi onslaught in Russia. This novel was later the "major artistic inspiration" for the hit video game The Last of Us.
0BDR TIL Bots are more active on the internet than people. Only 48.2% of internet traffic is human, and bad bots outnumber good bots.
ep6WE TIL Caravaggio, pioneer of baroque art, had an extensive criminal record, most of it related to brawls and physical assault. He went on the run after being sentenced to beheading for murder, at which point his paintings repeatedly feautured severed heads, often his own