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TIL that the CIA used psychological warfare against Philippine resistance forces in the 1950s by taking advantage of mythical 'Aswang' (vampire-like in Filipino folklore) against the people by puncturing holes on the necks of dead bodies resembling aswang bites & piling them on the sides of roads.

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Me1xW TIL: The Windows 10 default desktop image is actually a photograph and not CGI
gQ67 TIL Europe is experiencing its longest period of peace since the Roman Empire
GAK5N TIL the Man-Eaters of Njombe were a pride of 15 lions that killed hundreds of people (perhaps as many as 1,500) between 1932-1947 in Tanzania. Unlike most lions, the Njombe pride did its killing in the afternoon, using the night hours to travel as far as 15 or 20 miles to an unsuspecting village.
E1ZpW TIL the idea for the Tenacious D song "Tribute" came about after Jack Black showed Kyle Gass the Metallica song "One" and claimed it was the best song in the world.
l7vpN TIL a nursing home in Finland ran a small scheme where they gave subsidised accommodation to students with the agreement that they would spent time with the elderly