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TIL that before becoming “The Science Guy”, Bill Nye was a stand-up comedian

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1aQrW TIL that the Mexican government sent around 500 of it's elite soldiers to be trained as commandos at Ft. Bragg(USA), in order to better combat the rising drug violence in the country. After training, many of the soldiers returned to Mexico, only to start the brutally violent drug cartel: Los Zetas.
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nBR7 TIL In 1996, psychedelics-advocate Timothy Leary had his death videotaped to be broadcast on the internet. The footage has never been released.