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TIL That Dave Canturbury from “Dual Survival” was fired from the program for lying about his military background and survival training.

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ZppAB TIL Patton's solution to Hawaiian lava flows in the 40s-50s was to bomb them
OaXg TIL on the night of May 27, 1991, a drugged, naked, bleeding boy of 14 was found in a Milwaukee street. When police arrived, they returned the boy to the control of Jeffery Dahmer, who almost immediately killed and dismembered the boy. 2 women who argued with the police were threatened with arrest.
a88Ly TIL that the United States has offered to purchase Greenland from Denmark twice, once in 1946 and again in 2019 due to its strategic location in the Arctic, the U.S. also occupied the island during WW2 from 1940-45 after the fall of Denmark and constructed Thule Air Base.
QeDd TIL that transportation casualties have risen after increased airport security measures were introduced after 9/11, because people choose to drive instead of flying, and therefore more people died in car accidents.
X0g7R TIL About Miriam Rodríguez, the 57 year old Mexican mother who hunted down her daughters kidnappers.