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TIL the Taliban buy children as young as seven years old to act as suicide bombers, the price ranges from $7,000-$14,000.

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DrXD TIL The Hungarian serial killer Béla Kiss is thought to have murdered at least 23 young women and 1 man, and attempted to pickle them in giant metal drums. When WWI began, he was conscripted and left his house. When his crimes were discovered, he evaded capture and was never heard from again.
0d4MN TIL sega is also a resort and entertainment business now after their merger with sammy , with most of their offerings catering towards the commercial sector and casino equipments
4B6J TIL the phrase “balls to the wall” has nothing to do with genitalia, but actually originally refers to a mechanism found in steam engines.
lLXV TIL Taylor Swift once accidentally released 8 seconds of white noise and topped the Canadian iTunes charts
wLE78 TIL that in 1970, the state commission in Mississippi voted to not air Sesame Street because of its “highly [racially] integrated cast of children” which “the commission members felt ... Mississippi was not yet ready for”.