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TIL - Red Cell was formed in 1984 by the creator of Seal Team 6 to demonstrate the vulnerabilities of military installations. In 1986 they kidnapped and tortured a man for 30 hours as part of an operation.

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QjaM TIL after receiving a local anesthetic and root-canal treatment at his dentist, a 38-yo man has been experiencing a real ‘Groundhog Day’ type memory loss. For the better part of a decade, he has woken up every morning thinking it is the day of his original dentist’s appointment
BrpAW TIL That Jimmy Carter and George HW Bush are in a tight race to be the oldest living former President - both currently 93
8Wja TIL: Einstein explained Relativity as “When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute—and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity.”
0wv7A TIL Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac played a fish alien on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation', shaved his iconic beard for the part, and had to do 19 takes to say one line, "Food."
69egw TIL a former professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley named Gregory Abbott became a musician and in 1987 topped the charts in the U.S. with his song "Shake You Down"