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TIL Thatcher's Techbase is a mod for the video game Doom II where Margaret Thatcher, "one of humanity's greatest threats", rises from the dead, leading the player to descend into the tenth circle of Hell, the United Kingdom, in order to kill her and send her back to Hell.

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l8m7 TIL that Jacob Vouza, a native of Guadalcanal and Allied scout, after being tortured and bayoneted multiple times, freed himself by chewing through his ropes and warned the Marines of an impending Japanese attack.
e5y4 TIL a man named William Headline used to be the Washington Bureau Chief of CNN news, and so was described as having “the best name in news”
Keew TIL genetic memory can transmit specific sets of fears, ideas and knowledge to descendants.
GDG7 TIL A Roman soldier started a riot in Jerusalem by bending over and farting in the general direction of the Jews that were celebrating Passover. More than 30,000 people died in the riot - Josephus “The Wars of the Jews”/
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