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TIL That a peer reviewed psychological study was done on internet trolls, and it shows that they really are horrible people.

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9YRY7 TIL that Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh is an avid hunter and that in 1993 during a seven week stay at the Queen's Sandringham estate he shot 10,000 pheasant.
AMLw TIL Switzerland has more millionaires than recipients of social assistance
wLPZE TIL if you find an uninhabited island covered in guano you are allowed to take it for yourself in the name of the USA
0ddvj TIL Billie Holiday was arrested on drug charges in 1947 and tried in utterly bizarre circumstances. The prosecutor asked for leniency, while her defense attorney convinced her to plead guilty, assuring her she'd be sent to a hospital. Instead, the judge sentenced her to a year in federal prison.
JY9k1 TIL Sherpa people have a small number of names and children are often called by days of the week. They also give names according to certain virtues. By mistake of the enumerators in Nepal, their nationality was added as a surname. Otherwise, they have no last name.