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TIL that the firm formerly known as “Blackwater” and now as “Academi” [sic] deployed 400 Mercs to suppress anti-government protestors in Ukraine during 2014.

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WVxN TIl- there was a 18 year old girl who, asked 911 if she could shoot an intruder, then shot him dead while on the phone.
KNX6 TIL The US owes less to other countries than it’s owed.
YpAxx TIL Disney composer Alan Menken came from a family of dentists and trained at medical school. He was a poor student, "wild hippie" and barely finished NYU. 8 Oscars, 10 Grammys, 7 Golden Globes later, Menken is now a star at NYU with a doctorate and scholarship in his name
grE4y TIL that how ‘Lubrication' provided by tiny air bubbles released from under the feathers could allow penguins to gain enough speed to leap out of the water and onto the ice shelf And scientists are mimicking this robots.
8awMV TIL that a coyote pack's yipping affects the size of female coyotes' litters. If there aren't enough coyotes yipping in response when yipping occurs, females will produce larger litters to promote reproductive competition. This is why hunting coyotes isn't effective population control.