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TIL Germany just finished paying off their WWI reparations debt in October 2010

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p8OEQ TIL about Pistorius, champion disabled runner, allegedly killed his girlfriend. Sentenced to 5 years and released in 2015. An appeal reincarcerated him in 2016 due to release 2019. Another appeal doubled his sentence. Now eligible for parole 2023.
5VWmB TIL that as of 2012, 1 in 2000 inhabitants of the United States were imprisoned for life
rR1mw TIL governments banned the Incandescent Lightbulb for not being efficient enough, but MIT researchers developed an incandescent bulb more efficient than LED bulbs.
wLXj1 TIL a tiger is heavily favored in a fight with a lion and a tiger once killed a lion with a single paw swipe at a zoo in Turkey
KYOm6 TIL the first known (partly successful) separation of conjoined twins was in 10th century Byzantium