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TIL America has the second highest disposable household income in the world

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Z8gYp TIL:1885 the King of Belgium established a fake charity & got international agreement to let it have control of an India-sized chunk of Africa. For years he fooled the world that he was helping Africans, while he was really enslaving people & made roughly $1 billion. At least two million people died
4agR TIL a Louisville man was acquitted of killing his girlfriend. 6 mos later, rolls of film were found in his former home with photos of him torturing and murdering her. Double jeopardy prevented a retrial, but he was charged with perjury for testifying that he didn’t do it
GYp9G TIL a tree in Hawaii is one of Japan's most beloved corporate icons and is widely recognized by the Japnese people
glLW TIL that it took until 1976 for the state of South Australia to become the first jurisdiction in the English Speaking World to make rape in marriage a criminal offence.
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