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TIL that in 1970s, people in Cambodia were killed for being academics or for merely wearing eyeglasses!

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QrR6 TIL: Toyota’s Mirai hydrogen car has a range of over 300 miles and will be sold in the US later this year.
Ajrx TIL that 96 workers died while constructing the Hoover Dam from 1931-1935
KOKWG TIL In 2019 the New Zealand police force was audited and it was found to only 8% of posts were about tackling crime 16% on Road safety. A lot of the time they were focusing on uploading images of dogs.
XEkA6 TIL Anna Ayala, the lady who tried to fraudulently sue Wendy's for finding a human finger in her chili, was sentenced to 9 years in prison for this stunt.
LyE9 TIL that “Sister” Amy Archer-Gilligan (1868-1962), who ran a nursing home, killed at least 5 people by poison (including her husband) but was possibly involved in more deaths as authorities found 48 deaths total at her nursing homes. Her story inspired the play and film Arsenic and Old Lace.