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TIL that after a serial rapist in India was attacked by 200 women, only 5 of those women got arrested. Those 5 women then got released when every woman from their village stood up and took responsibility for the attack.

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vJMB TIL that in 1968 an American vessel was captured by North Korea. The crew was abused, and to show the world, they used puns (“We paean the DPRK [North Korea]. We paean their great leader Kim Il Sung”) and gave the middle finger in propaganda photographs, claiming it was a “Hawaiian good luck sign”.
XEZQX TIL of the superhallucinogen BZ, a chemical weapon that overwhelms the victim for 5 days. After 12 hours of a mild coma and primitive crawling and spasms, for another 48 to 60 hours they experience extreme hallucinations, psychosis, and cognitive impairment, with after effects that last for weeks.
VA0Q TIL ‘I’m sorry to have troubled you chaps’ were James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s last words to the EMTs tending to him during his heart attack.
woG98 TIL in 1918 a judge in the USA ruled it was legal for condoms to be advertised and sold for the prevention of disease
E1M0o TIL guitarist Josh Klinghoffer was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers at age 32 (the youngest ever inductee), and was only 4 years old when RHCP was founded.