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TIL that 40% of Finnish POWs captured by the Red Army during WWII died in captivity.

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yQVRl TIL During Argentina’s 1976-83 dictatorship sedated political prisoners were thrown – still alive – from military planes into the freezing waters of the South Atlantic.
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