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TIL Not only does Elmo the muppet have a father, but he's also a soldier who served in Iraq.

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VRgm TIL an uncontacted tribe still inhabits an island in the Indian Ocean, living as simple hunter-gatherers. They are vigorously hostile to outsiders, and have not yet developed early technologies such as agriculture or writing.
m1KwR TIL a 17-year-old boy in Cardiff was murdered in a contract killing carried out at the wrong address. The killers mistook him for someone else over a £1,000 hit.
ANxmo TIL, SpaceX won a game of capture the flag for the American flag left in Space Station when the shuttle program ended in 2011.
X09vR TIL the first use of the word "hashish" is in a pamphlet published in Cairo in 1123 CE, calling Nizari Muslims "hashish-eaters". The cult of Nizari militants which arose after the fall of the Fatimid Caliphate is known as the Order of Assassins—a corruption of hashishin, Arabic for "hashish-smoker."
QGkp TIL that Dane Cook’s half brother and former business manager is imprisoned for embezzling millions of dollars from Dane Cook’s funds.