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TIL the first recorded worldwide manhunt began in 1695 when Englishman Henry Every, "The King of the Pirates", perpetrated the single most profitable act of piracy in history, netting the equivalent of £97m ($118m USD). He disappeared without trace the next year and his treasure was never recovered.

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XEBL6 TIL It took Leonard Cohen 5 years to write 'Hallelujah'
kPn1 TIL Irena Sendlar, the “Oskar Schindler,” smuggled 2500 Jewish infants out of the Warsaw Ghetto during WW2. When caught by the Nazis she had her limbs broken and was beaten. When nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize she lost to Al Gore, who made a PowerPoint slideshow on global warming.
loPK TIL In the KATUSA program Korean men can serve their mandatory two year military service as a soldier in the United States Army
nGA7 TIL nobody has died from a confirmed spider bite in Australia since 1979. Deaths occur due to being surprised by them, while driving, etc.
K9DR TIL that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg worried that the Sharptooth fight and death of Littlefoot’s mother in The Land Before Time would be too frightening or even psychologically-damaging to young children, so they consulted psychologists to examine the scenes.