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TIL People have gone missing from cruise ships. There have been 200 incidents of missing people since the year 2000. Generally, what happens is the person isn’t even reported missing until after their luggage goes unclaimed, which significantly decreases their chances of being found.

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DYar TIL that you should drink 8 oz of water right after you wake up, because one of the reasons you are still tired and weak, is because you are so dehydrated.
M7GgB TIL that captured U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was the last prisoner at the infamous KGB prison Lubyanka. Powers was tried and convicted by the Soviet authorities and was later traded for captured Soviet spy Col. Vilyam Fisher (a.k.a. Rudolf Abel).
kJlwg TIL the CIA tested the SR-71 radar signature by mounting it to a pole in the desert (Area 51). It was removed daily just before the Soviet satellite passed above. But since a shadow was created on the hot desert dirt - the temperature differential exposed the exact shape of the jet to the Soviets
8dDb TIL that the Bacardi family of Cuba personally donated thousands of dollars to Fidel Castro’s revolution. Once Castro was in power, he confiscated all of Bacardi’s assets and exiled them.
9YVgB TIL that arbalests (a heavy crossbow variant) were so deadly relative to their ease of use that, in the 12th century, their use against Christians was declared a war crime by the Pope.