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TIL about The Hyena Man. He started feeding them to keep them away from livestock, only to gain their trust and be led to their den and meet some of the cubs.

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W707B TIL A Japanese engineer survived both the Hiroshima & Nagasaki nuclear bombs. During the Hiroshima blast, he threw himself into a ditch just 3 kilometers from ground 0. Three days later, his boss in Nagasaki was calling him crazy for saying that a bomb had destroyed Hiroshima when Nakazaki was hit.
X0pQj TIL that actor Kiefer Sutherland threatened to not reprise the role of Doc Scurlock in the movie Young Guns 2 unless he was given a dramatic death scene in the movie, which was reluctantly granted. The historical Doc Scurlock actually died peacefully at the age of 80.
4Xpvg TIL that shinrin-yoku (meaning "forest bathing") is considered a form of nature therapy in Japan which has positive effects on mental and nervous wellbeing. It consists essentially in taking long walks in forests.
yQRVM TIL that Steve McQueen and Keith Moon (drummer for The Who) were neighbors. Their relationship soured after Moon came to McQueen's house once, broke in, got bit by McQueen's dog, and bit the dog back. The conflict stopped after McQueen blew out a light that Moon kept on to annoy him with a shotgun.
MeAaB TIL Christopher Boyce, a college drop out who despised the CIA was given high level security clearance to handle top secret CIA wires. He then sold these top level secrets to the Soviet Union through its embassy in Mexico City. The story was a top selling book and movie "The Falcon and the Snowman"