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TIL in Denmark, refugees, and their descendants commit 73% more crime than average

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xd9b TIL that the “Tetris” tune is actually a 150 year old Russian folk song in which a street vendor flirts with a customer while haggling over goods.
x6b45 TIL South Korean Government funded an online troll group to spread Pro-South Korean viewpoints on the internet
n58Y TIL Neil Patrick Harris is the president of The Magic Castle, a private club for magicians. Formal party attire is strictly enforced in The Magic Castle.
kODm1 TIL that more than 50% of the oxygen produced on earth is from photosynthesizers in the ocean, such as Prochlorococcus and phytoplankton.
gAW7 TIL Taco Bell is launching an “upscale” version of their restaurants “to compete with Chipotle.”