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TIL the East German secret police preferred not to arrest people, but rather use "biodegradation" to paralyze enemies of the state: organizing failures at their workplace, destroying their friendships, and ruining their reputation.

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jVVp TIL the Hard Rock Cafe chain is owned by the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida
aO8o TIL Pepsi ran a sweepstakes to win $1 billion in 2003, and paid $10 million for insurance against someone actually winning the grand prize.
pbeA TIL That The World Championship in Monopoly has been held fourteen times, last time in 2015 and won by italian Nicolò Falcone. The grand prize was $20,580 USD, which is also the amount of money included in a set of Monopoly.
l7Jaa TIL Upon the death of the Dalai Lama, a search for his reincarnation is conducted where a child is identified through a series of 'tests' before being recognized as the succeeding Dalai Lama. The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the 14th.
8aL9V TIL one man is responsible for removing all the old paper prayers from Jerusalem’s Western Wall, his name is Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz. Twice a year he and his team collects hundreds of thousands of notes and buries them on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olive