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TIL that the UN logo is centred around the North Pole to avoid any one country/continent being more prominent

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4XbJo TIL Serial killer Edmund Kemper buried one of his victim's head in his mother's garden facing upward toward her bedroom. After his arrest, he stated that he did this because his mother "always wanted people to look up to her."
W7RQ9 TIL about the most prolific art smuggler in US law enforcement history, Subhash Kapoor. The true extent of loot taken from countries around the world is unknown but one of the statues stolen from India went for 5 million dollars -- sold to the National Gallery of Australia.
X08P TIL there’s a resort in Finland where you sleep in a glass igloo to watch the northern lights!
wLoA6 TIL that Walter Murphy, the composer of the Disco adaptation of Beethoven's 5th symphony known as "A Fifth of Beethoven", has also served as one of the main composers for the TV show Family Guy since 1999
yVXVw TIL NoFap was created by a known Pseudoscience peddler.