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TIL when ISIS fighters were approached by Kurdish female fighters, they were told by their commanders to back off so they wouldn’t be killed by them. This is because Jihadists believe that if they die to a woman they will be deprived of heaven.

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MmBK TIL that a Tardigrade, or water bear, can withstand temperatures ranging from -458 °F to 300 °F, pressure six times stronger than what is found in the deepest parts of the ocean, and can go without food and water for more than 10 years.
e0xEb TIL "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" was written in 1979 by Robert Hazard. It was written from a male's perspective. In 1983, Cyndi Lauper recorded a version of the song, ironically turning a misogynistic song into one of the most well-known feminist anthems.
kOJlm TIL a scottish hacker claimed to have hacked into NASA and found them to be airbushing out UFOS of hi-res satellite pics and evidence of an unknown 2nd top secret US military deep space program.
Zn4o TIL that Portugal did a radical experiment against addiction by decriminalizing all drugs and used the anti-drug budget on job programs and services to connect addicted people with their community. 10 years later drug deaths fell by 80% and heroin addiction by 50%.
Ab8a TIL that during Mao’s China in 1958, thousands of sparrows were killed to try and alleviate a ‘pest’ problem they posed. In 1960 a huge amount of locusts appeared in China and ate all the crops due to the fact that their natural predator had been destroyed. 20 million Chinese people died after