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TIL in 2002 Fentanyl was used to end the hostage crisis in the Moscow Theater

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1aOBP TIL that if the last of Iberian lynx population (94 in 2002) died out, it would be the first feline to become extinct since the sabre-toothed tiger 10,000 years ago.
pYrmO TIL The life expectancy in Cambodia dropped to 14 years in 1978.
yQWe TIl that Krakatoa’s eruption, alongside being the loudest sound ever heard, was 13,000 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, and killed approximately 36,000 people.
VMNek TIL that the Star Wars movie Rogue One had a alternative title called Dark Times, but was rejected during pre-production.
mx65O TIL the brains of long-term drug users "forget" how to produce dopamine naturally because the drugs have been producing it instead. In some cases, natural production never goes back to normal, even after long-term sobriety.