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TIL about the "Taco Bell Strangler"

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4XKYo TIL about an Israeli Mossad agent who infiltrated the Syrian government, convinced the Syrian army to plant trees in strategical spots across the border for the fictitious purpose of shading for the soldiers, which were later used as aerial targeting markers for the IDF during the Six-Day War.
rR4Y4 TIL we tried fracking with nukes in the 60s, and only stopped because the gas was too radioactive to use
epBnL TIL A US Navy red cell kidnapped a civilian security officer as an exercise and proceeded to torture and beat him in a hotel room. The officer's wife nearly shot the members of the red cell, but the officer told her it was an exercise rather than a real kidnapping.
d8xpB TIL The Blues Brothers with John Belushi and Dan Akroyd toured as a real band for some times, despite starting as a joke sketch on Saturday Night Live. The band opened up for the Grateful Dead in 1978.
Ywxv TIL that a woman in Long Island, NY was demoted, and then eventually fired after taking “too long” to recover from donating a kidney for her boss.