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TIL that a former member of both Nirvana and Soundgarden went on to be a decorated Army Ranger.

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j6V5X TIL there have been 256,000 unsolved homicides across the United States since 1980
rxao TIL that in Brazil there is a football field located exactly on the equator so each team defends one hemisphere
peWQ TIL that the “Galileo” space probe was intentionally crashed into Jupiter at the end of its operational life to avoid contaminating Jupiter’s moons with bacteria.
b9mVN TIL that art thieves posing as police officers stole 13 works valued at $500 million from the the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990. The stolen artwork include paintings by Rembrandt, Manet and Vermeer. The artwork hasn't been recovered, and empty frames hang in their place.
Lxp0 TIL Many unlicensed dog sellers in China perform DIY plastic surgery on sickly runts to make them resemble expensive breeds. The dogs are given painkillers and stimulants to appear active and healthy before sale. Most die within seven days. Licensed sellers dub the unfortunate animals “week dogs.”