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TIL Pakistan arrested the doctor who helped CIA detect and confirm Osama bin laden's hideout by running DNA test obtained through a fake hepatitis camp run by Doctor shakil afridi. He was ordered 33 years in prison for treason against his country by giving info to CIA.

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4k10N TIL General James Wilkinson was a high-ranking U.S. officer during the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. Years after his death, historians in Spain uncovered proof he had been a Spanish spy—prompting Teddy Roosevelt to say, “In all our history, there is no more despicable character.”
nWe7B TIL the Sun is not a mass of incandescent Gas, it’s a miasma of incandescent Plasma
j6AAa TIL narwhals can dive over 1,800 meters (5,905 feet) deep, and do so multiple times a day
V5oD TIL that after being shown films showing the atrocities of the Holocaust, some German POW’s in the US volunteered to fight for America against Japan during WWII.
v1lGD TIL that in 1582, a significant portion of the world went to sleep on the evening of October 4th, only to wake up a few hours later on October 15th. At the time, many believed that their lifespan was shortened by 10 days