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TIL that the Vjosa river is the last untamed river in Europe

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X0n4r TIL that Alaska has a much higher rate of missing persons per 100,000 residents than any other state, standing at a stark 42.16 compared to the next highest, Arizona, with 12.28.
9QA7 TIL Stephen Sondheim, write of West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, etc. considers the movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer, an Uncut” one of the best MUSICALS of our generation.
Mepxb TIL: Squirrels are among the top causes of power outages across the U.S. In 2016 alone, utilities reported 3,456 outages caused by the ubiquitous rodents that cut off power to more than 193,873 customers.
NXOpE TIL of the Moro Crater Massacre in The Phillipines, which included the murder of hundreds of women and children by US forces. Photos were taken at the scene where the soldiers smiled as skulls, rotting severed limbs, blown-out heads and dismembered torsos were piled up around them.
vnPj TIL that there is a disease called Witzelsucht, that some call the Joker Disease. It can “cause people to make jokes, puns, and engage in what could be considered inappropriate conversation and/or behaviour.”