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TIL: Saudi Arabia carries out crucifixions.

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xVwe5 TIL that Genghis Khan is not a name, but rather a title which translates to “Ruler of the Universe”.
yK0J TIL In 2006, a 16 year old won an iMac, 10 iPods, a $10,000 iTunes gift card, a scholarship in his name at the Juilliard School, and a personal phone call from Steve Jobs upon purchasing Apples 1 billionth song from the iTunes Store.
jjmR TIL Kurt Cobain’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington has a welcome sign that says “Welcome to Aberdeen: Come As You Are”
6gWY TIL NASA Uses the Movie Armageddon in Their Management Training Program. They count the impossibilities: 168
nWDVW TIL about the Osage Reign of Terror, a series of at least eighteen murders with the end goal of gaining the victims' oil rights through inheritance