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TIL Israel’s first nuclear weapons were made from Uranium it had stolen from the United States

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P1aXO TIL that from 1801 to 1810 a pirate named Zheng Yi Sao was active in the South China Sea, eventually rising to lead a pirate confederacy. When she retired in 1810, she had 24 ships and 1433 pirates under her personal command. She later served as a privateer and retired to run a casino, dying at 68.
oBeRK TIL that there are 150+ bison living on a small island off the coast of California. They’ve been there since a film crew imported 14 bison for a movie shoot in 1924, then left them behind when the shoot was complete.
gwNy TIL that everyone expected the Spanish Inquisition. People were given 30-40 days notice to prepare their defense case.
l78nB TIL that a key reason that Pyramid Schemes are illegal is because of market saturation. If you started a pyramid scheme with 5 people and each person recruited 5 more people, by the 15th tier you would’ve exceeded the entire population of the earth.
Q8bp TIL that a US soldier at Bagram prison camp in Afghanistan was nicknamed “Monster” and “King of Torture” and was reported to torture prisoners including poking bound prisoners in the face with his penis and threatening them with sexual assault. He was put on trial and acquitted of all charges.