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TIL that realtors don't meaningfully increase the price for a sold home though they do help it sell faster

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W7glL TIL South Korea trained a secret military unit, unit 684, to assassinate North Korea's leader. Civilians were recruited to an island where the harsh training they endured killed 7 members. Desperate to escape, the unit revolted in 1971, killing 18 guards to escape to mainland South Korea.
Wk9od TIL that in Uber's 2018 fatal self-driving car accident the system mis-identified the pedestrian and didn't act to avoid the accident. The car's emergency braking system could have acted at the last second, but that system had been disabled.
4Gja Today I learned Steve Jobs used his money to take an organ from a more deserving person.
Wk8Ko TIL whales breach to remove parasites from their bodies. They carry a variety of external parasites that may cause itching and irritation to their skin.
4kpmN TIL of the Bolvano Train Disaster which claimed the lives of more than 500 people in 1944. After the train became stalled in a tunnel, the passengers and crew succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning when the locomotives attempted to continue and filled the tunnel with smoke.