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TIL the US ambassador to Afghanistan was kidnapped and killed by militants pretending to be police on Valentine’s Day in 1979.

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0d71R TIL unsolved murders aren't an occasional thing in the US, only around half of murders were solved in the past few years (even fewer are solved in some big cities)
1a5yX TIL of Charles Lightoller, the most senior officer to survive the Titanic, who forced men to leave the lifeboats at gunpoint so only women and children could board. He was then pinned underwater for some time, until a blast of hot air from the ventilator blew him to the surface.
GYDoQ TIL: Research has shown that when speaking, individuals who have been congenitally blind and have thus never seen anyone gesture nonetheless make hand motions just as frequently and in the same way as sighted people do. In fact, they will gesture even when conversing with another blind person.
mxKmY TIL the light emited by a wielding arc not only damages the eye, it also burn the skin within minutes, resulting in a 'sunburn'.
N7yGP TIL: In the UK, it is an offence to “drive through a puddle causing pedestrians to be splashed”.