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TIL in 2009 Kashmir, when 18-year old Rukhsana Kauser saw her parents being beaten as part of a forced marriage proposal by a militia commander, she killed one militant with an axe, gunned the commander down, then started a 4 hour gun battle with the militia.

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4XBVw TIL in 2007, a mother from California lost all three of her children in a car crash (Kyle, 5, Emma, 4, and Katie, 2). Six months later, she became pregnant with triplets: two girls and one boy, just like before.
be9Q TIL a German Officer asked Picasso “Did you do this”, when he saw a photo of the painting ‘Guernica’, a painting about the effects of German Bombardment on the Spanish Town of Guernica, Picasso simply responded “No you did.”
78krp TIL Olbers's paradox: for centuries there was no widely-accepted explanation for why the night sky is dark (if the universe is infinite, eternal, and/or static, the night sky shouldn't be dark)
REr4 TIL: The Bali public holiday “Day of Silence” (Nyepi) requires all tourists to be imprisoned in their hotels for 24 hours. No one is allowed on the streets, and could be arrested by Traditional Police. All businesses including the airport, ATMs, and TV broadcasts are shut down.
XxgE TIL Saab in 1992 made a prototype vehicle dubbed “Prometheus” that had no steering wheel. Instead, to steer it, the driver had an aircraft like joystick. It greatly increased safety, space and aesthetics. The production model would have had two Joysticks, one for each arm / hand.