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TIL the tragic story of New Zealander Kerry Hamill, murdered by the Khmer Rouge. Kerry left clues for his loved ones in his forced confession, this included using his home phone number as his secret CIA digits and claiming Colonel Sanders was a superior officer.

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7rG8x TIL during the German invasion of the USSR in WW2, Nazi forces captured Stalin's son, Yakov Dzhugashvili. When the Nazis proposed exchanging him for their captured field marshal Frierich Paulus, Stalin retorted "I will not trade a marshal for a lieutenant." Dzhugashvili was later executed in 1943.
gMPxy TIL Larry Fine of the Three Stooges burned his arm with acid as a child. His parents gave him violin lessons to strengthen the damaged nerves. He became so proficient on the violin that his parents planned to send him to a European music conservatory but the plan was thwarted by World War I.
GYWM4 TIL in 2017 the FDA banned a bakery from listing 'love' as an ingredient on its granola
NwRJ TIL that people without light stimulation from the sun (i.e. in a cave) tend to have a 48 hour sleep-wake cycle
JYBAk TIL of RAF pilot Cyril Barton. During a raid over Germany, his plane was strafed repeatedly causing three of his crew to bail out. He dropped the bomb himself, flew the heavily damaged bomber home, crashed landed it and saved the lives of everyone onboard. He however would succumb to his injuries.