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TIL In 2005, the CIA destroyed over 90 video tapes showing the torture of two Al-Qaeda suspects at a black site in Thailand in 2002. In 2010, the Justice Department declined to charge the Chief of the Directorate of Operations (Jose Rodriguez) for ordering the destruction of the tapes.

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9YjVr TIL the first vending machine to sell live crabs debuted in 2010 in a train station in Nanjing. The machine sells about 200 live crabs a day, with prices from $2 to $7. A sign next to the machine states each crab will come out alive, offering refund of three live crabs for every dead one to pop out.
Yp0vP TIL that researchers showed that generating positive emotions directed towards yourself and others through contemplative meditation, can improve both your emotional as well as your physical health.
eW7E TIL that 16-20% of google searches each day have never been searched before
4Aka TIL that Lactase Persistence, the ability of humans to digest milk as an adult, is only common among Europeans and those of European ancestry, as a unique mutation. Most of the global population, including 90% of Asians and 100% of Native Americans, have some degree of lactose intolerance.
gM0kb TIL turkeys were once worshipped like gods by the Mayan people.