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TIL that suicide is no longer considered a crime in most places.

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OgVg TIL Israel is looking to hire university students to post pro-Israel messages on social media networks
6LDZ TIL Easter will be on April Fool’s Day in 2018
YQ0W Today I learned many Korean folk tales begin “Back when tigers used to smoke…”
PrXJ TIL that Heinrich Ehrler, a German Ace in WW2, shot down two bombers and rammed the last one, destroying both planes in the process. His last words were “Theo, Heinrich here. Have just shot down two bombers. No more ammunition. I’m going to ram. Auf Wiedersehen, see you in Valhalla!”
paXb TIL in WWII, a dog named Gander fended off two Japanese ambushes. When they came back again, with a grenade this time, Gander picked it up and charged back at them, killing more Japanese, saving his wounded team, going out in a blaze of glory and earning a posthumous medal.