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TIL of Rachel Hoffman a 23-year-old Florida student arrested for cannabis and then pressured by police to work undercover to avoid charges. She was murdered in a botched sting to buy 1,500 ecstasy pills, 2 oz. of cocaine, and two handguns.

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Bmye TIL From 1975 until 2013, Russia kept at least 10,000 more nuclear weapons than the US. The US dramatically reduced its number of weapons after 1975, to the point where Russia once had over 26,000 more weapons. In 2013 the numbers became nearly equal for the first time in decades.
j6B6a TIL that the TV show "Charlie's Angels" made its first three actresses big stars, especially Farrah Fawcett. She said, "When the show was number three, I figured it was our acting. When it got to be number one, I decided it could only be because none of us wears a bra".
OoEGe TIL about Reita Faria, the first Asian to win Miss World. A 66 to 1 longshot (people used to bet on beuty pageants), she won because of her then unique ambition to become a medical doctor.
N755P TIL the giant crystal cave in Mexico, with crystals weighing up to 50 tonnes, had an average of 100% humidity and 58° C temperature. This meant that the coldest place in the cave was the lungs, so water would condense in it and exposure for over 10 minutes would lead to death by drowning.
epm0E TIL the UK is the only country to have successfully developed and then abandoned the capability to launch satellites into space. The Black Arrow rocket launched the Prospero satellite into orbit from Australia in Oct 1971. The project was cancelled that same year due to cost.