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TIL Vin Diesel only agreed to make an appearance in Tokyo Drift in exchange for ownership rights of the The Chronicles of Riddick franchise

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b94JN TIL Italy and the EU border coastal and border guard agency, Frontex, illegally funded and assisted the Libyan coast guard to capture Libyans fleeing for refuge.
p8v5Z TIL the first 'spam' email was sent 40 years ago this month, when Gary Thuerk sent a message advertising a new model of computer to all 393 ARPANET addresses on the West Coast of the US.
m1R7o TIL That an estimated 14,500 Holocaust Survivors died nearly immediately upon liberation from Refeeding Syndrome in which the body can't process food after prolonged starvation.
GN0g TIL Dalia Dippolito, the woman sentenced to 20 years for hiring a hitman to kill her husband in 2009, is currently still only on house arrest 5 years later. Despite everything being video recorded.
9w80X TIL, 14 year old math Olympiad perfect scorer has been missing for 21 years, leaving a single note behind.