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TIL in 1985, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) likely helped to facilitate the prison escape of eventual Liberian leader and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor.

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VBArG TIL that the first video ever uploaded to YouTube was titled "Me at the zoo" and featured one of the site's co-founders, Jawed Karim, standing in front of elephants at the San Diego Zoo.
7r1PM TIL that the popular sleep-aid Ambien has been shown to make paralyzed and brain-damaged people, who have been well past the point of recovery, spontaneously move and talk again because it can reconstruct neurons and make new connections in the brain.
R649 TIL Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was able to view his obituary before he died due to a news-outlet mishap. Due to all the horrible things he read about himself, including being called “the merchant of death”, he decided to dedicate his fortune to the creation of the Nobel Prize.
e86k TIL that the US requires all cars made after 2018 to have a backup camera installed.
jeov TIL a mob of angry Dutch killed and ate their prime minister