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TIL That 4 months before the Rwandan genocide happened General Roméo Dallaire, commander of the United Nations peacekeeping forces warned the UN that a genocide could happen but they ignored him

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QNx8M TIL that the rescue and relief efforts for the Oklahoma City Bombing had to be evacuated after police found a supposedly live 3-foot long TOW missile believed to be a second bomb. It was discovered to be inert but marked live for a planned law enforcement sting
nWX8d TIL that when gangster Johnny Torrio left for Europe in 1925 and handed over his criminal empire to Al Capone, it was worth $1,169,184,000 a year in today’s money.
ne7Rr TIL that Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped at gunpoint in South Africa. He talked his way out of being killed and said "It taught me that you come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary”
m1PQY TIL that the fastest 100m egg and spoon timing is 16.59 seconds and is held by 2012 Olympic champion Sally Pearson
PYRXV TIL More people get attacked every year by a cow than by a shark.