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TIL on Alton Brown's last day of sixth grade, his father was found dead with "a Hefty bag taped to his head". Police ruled it a suicide but Alton believes that his father may have been murdered.

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nGvo TIL Tom Delonge of Blink-182 is a firm believer in extraterrestrial life and once had his phone tapped by the government for coming into possession of 36 hours of Congressional testimonial footage of NASA’s secret space program.
7raP TIL That Israel actually calculates a daily allowed caloric intake for the Palestinians in Gaza.
WBpd TIL in 1987, a former airline worker shot his boss mid-flight, causing the stewardess to tell the pilot “We have a problem!”. The pilot asked “What kind of problem?” and at that moment, the man shot the stewardess dead & announced “I’m the problem” before murdering the pilots and crashing the plane
6E6ol TIL in 1989 a Russian fighter jet pilot had to eject from his airplane causing the aircraft to fly pilotless over Western Europe and crashed into a solitary house in Belgium killing a 19-year old man that was taking a nap for his finals
DQJRj TIL North Korea abducted at least 17 Japanese citizens between 1977 and 1983 to train spies in language and culture, and only five (and some of their children) have ever been returned.