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TIL that in 2007, 4 Blackwater guards Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten, and Paul Slough opened fire and shot grenade launchers at Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's Nisour Square, killing 17 people, including a 9-year-old and an 11-year-old. They were later tried and sentenced

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e5wk TIL that while many woodland creatures harbor ticks and spread Lyme disease, opossums kill 96.5% of ticks that land on them and that a single opossum may be “hoovering up and killing” 4,000 ticks every week and thereby protecting us from Lyme disease
Ldjp TIL the worst shooting in an English speaking country was in Australia in 1996, with 35 dead and 23 wounded, it ultimately led to a gun ban.
W7ZkX TIL that Marten Stig Andersen, the lead audio designer for Inside, created said game's soundtrack by routing audio through an actual human skull and recording it.
e0eXL TIL That Tupac Shakur Changed The Name Of His Publishing Company From 'Ghetto Gospel Music' To 'Joshua's Dream' After Meeting An 11 Yr. Old With Muscular Dystrophy Who Died 45 Minutes After Tupac Left The Hospital From Visiting Him.
l7PV TIL the original broadcasts of MAS*H in the UK contained no laugh track (as was intended by the show’s creators). It was only because CBS required it that the show had a prominent laugh track in the U.S.