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TIL the biker-gangs who went to fight ISIS last year failed miserably and were eventually asked to go home by the Kurds

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kOBL4 TIL thanks to 3D printing, NASA can send plans for new tools and equipment to the Space Station over email. Instead of waiting months for gear, Astronauts can print new gear in hours.
kOnlm TIL About Armin Meiwes a cannibal, who found a volunteer victim through internet. He and victim tried to eat victim's penis. After victim was bled heavily he killed him and ate him. They made video tape also and he was arrested a year later when officials traced his advertisement for new victim.
rJX1 TIL: Robert Oppenheimer, “the father of the atomic bomb,” tried to kill his university tutor with a poisoned apple.
oRekA TIL of Lystrosaurus, an animal that survived Permian-Triassic extinction event. At one point it represented 95% of all land vertebrates for millions of years. Among other suggestions, it has been proposed this dominance was a matter of sheer luck.
yXjv TIL the world’s oldest ever flamingo was badly beaten by four teenagers, survived, and lived another 5 years to the age of 83.