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TIL a 17 year-old online serial scammer was killed when one of his victims mailed him a pipe bomb.

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jN0Yp TIL this man died after being trapped behind a grocery store cooler. His body wasn’t discovered for 10 years.
PYjJZ TIL the Japanese invaded Kiska, Alaska during WWII. This was the first time that the continental United States was occupied by a foreign power since the War of 1812.
eoKg TIL in 2007, the largest Colossal Squid was captured by fishermen. They froze it for preservation, but when scientists decided to dissect it, they considered using a giant microwave to thaw it, since letting it thaw normally would take days and the outside of the squid might rot before the inside.
OoNX1 TIL In the winter of 1295, Marco Polo and his brothers returned to Venice after 24 years of traveling across Asia and with them they brought one incredible novelty - asbestos fabric made by the Mongolians.
wn46 TIL that there was a 41 year old swedish man whose christmas tradition was to travel to a city 107 miles away from his, to then put his penis inside other peoples mail drop and yell “come and smell on a christmas sausage”