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TIL Steven King has an award winning (on his own merit) son, who is the writer of the book the AMC series NOS4A2 is based on

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QJnoE TODAY I LEARNED...about the German invasion of Western Europe and North Africa in 1940: I feel that this person's video is very educational and informative on the history topic of WW2 and even history in general!
NyvJ TIL Somalia has had a stateless justice system based on natural law since the 7th century
x6Pdo TIL: Vladimir Lenin's body is preserved and on display
LQMbV TIL that the library career of the creator of the Dewey Decimal system, Melvil Dewey ended in disgrace, because of his groping of female librarians. Dewey also insisted on seeing photographs of the women before he would hire them, to determine if they were attractive or not.
aQDJ TIL Stockholm, Sweden tested a “Speed Camera Lottery” where speed limit-abiding drivers were automatically entered into a drawing to win a prize pool funded out of fines paid by speeders.