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TIL US Marines forced Saddam Hussein to watch South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut while in prison

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v164D TIL of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, Dutch students who died mysteriously in the jungles of Panama in 2014. Some belongings were found, bone fragments, a foot still inside a boot, and one of their cameras with over 500 photos.
b9KZ TIL that when Einstein “wanted a divorce from his first wife, he gave her the ultimatum that, if she wanted to remain with him and not grant him a divorce, then he expected her to serve him three meals a day in his room but not expect any intimacy in return.”
8aWdb TIL Sloths lose 1/3 of their body weight when they poop, which happens once a week on the ground, and in the standing position.
pGQb TIL that a single fire hydrant in San Francisco survived a massive earthquake in 1906 and aided fire fighters in saving the Mission district. In memory of the event, the hydrant was painted gold.
Z8KLp TIL that the term "fragging" comes from the Vietnam War. Soldiers would throw live frag grenades into the quarters of officers they thought were incompetent. "Fragging" unwanted officers became so common that Gen. Colin Powell, a Major at the time, moved his cot every night from 1968-69 to avoid it