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TIL: In 2017, the CIA released over 470,000 files that were on Osama Bin Laden's hard drive to the public with the exception of copyright material and some porn. It was found he had Final Fantasy 7, Ice Age, and Resident Evil along with several BBC and CNN documentaries on him.

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GYpGg TIL in 2014, a small Japanese village tried to set up a monument to remember the WW2 Korean slaves that died in the region, but were forced to stop by Japanese ultranationalists. These ultranationalists have also been successful in the removal of other monuments of contrition around Japan.
jNjxN TIL even though Elisabeth II has been Queen for over 66 years she still has only the 39th longest confirmed reign in history (currently the only one in the top 100) and when she reaches 108 in 16 years she'll claim the top spot for herself
XJjR TIL that 39% of Bob Ross’ paintings contain an almighty mountain, 44% contain at least one happy cloud, and 18% feature a charming little cabin.
Z8R7p TIL The middle of nowhere in the US is located in Glasgow, Montana
yVoAa TIL Psycho (1960) set a new level of acceptability for violence, deviant behavior and sexuality in American films, and is widely considered to be the earliest example of the slasher film genre. Hitchock was initially against the music in the shower scene but the composer ignored his direction