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TIL that Robert Rackstraw who died in July of 2019 is believed to be the infamous D.B. Cooper who hijacked a plane in November of 1971, and parachuted out the back with $200,000. Recent documents released by the FBI confirm he was an undercover CIA agent whom they were protecting for over forty year

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awLmJ TIL when Adolf Hitler took power in the 1930s, he owed back taxes totaling 405,494 Reichsmarks (over USD $2 million today). He never paid.
X07MX TIL a startup called "Novamin" marketed a bioglass for toothpaste that can repair damaged enamel; GlaxoSmithKline bought the company in 2010, pulled it from every US toothpaste brand, and now sells it exclusively overseas as Sensodyne Repair and Protect which in the US instead includes fluoride.
gMlV4 TIL that Johnny Cash reignited his career in the 90’s due to his fondness (and rift it caused with his older, evangelical audience at the time) of a late 80’s British tribute album of his songs made by Indie/Punk musicians to raise money for AIDS awareness
1amyP TIL that while there are multiple elements named after coutries (Americium, Francium, Germanium, Polonium.. ) there is only one country named after an element. 'Argentina' is derived from 'Argentum' the latin name for Silver. The symbol for Silver is Ag.
d8WaB TIL: 60,000 deaths can be attributed to CIA Operation Condor. Victims included dissidents and leftists, union and peasant leaders, priests and nuns, students and teachers, intellectuals and suspected guerillas [...] in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil.