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TIL the US had nuclear-armed suicide commandos called Green Light Teams

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e0mnD TIL 49 out of 50 states in America charge inmates for the cost of their own incarceration
Wkwd8 TIL that in 2017 thieves stole $18k worth of tracking equipment from a Silicon Valley startup business. They were caught within 5 to 6 hours.
aJGy TIL Lots-o’-Huggin bear from Toy Story 3 was originally meant to appear in the first film but the technology needed to animate his fur did not yet exist.
9YDEm TIL of the 2008 K2 disaster, where in one day 11 climbers lost their lives on the second highest mountain in the world.
Z89Vo TIL that at the time of her death (116 years old), Elizabeth Bolden had 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great-grandchildren