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TIL that the only Soviet citizens taken hostage during the Lebanese civil war were freed unharmed after the KGB kidnapped and castrated a close relative of a prominent Hezbollah leader and mailed him the parts.

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8WdG TIL that people are generally more honest when physically tired. This is why people confess things during late night conversations.
5Y7ap TIL that blue whale's heart beats at 8/10 bpm and is about 1.5 meters long, 1 meters wide, and 1.5 meters tall. It weighs about 180 kg and its heartbeat can be heard from over 2 miles away
kOkM4 TIL a Magnetar Starquake occured on Dec.27, 2004 that would have probably registered Mag.23 on the Richter scale, blinding satellites and ionizing Earth's upper atmosphere. Coincidentally a day earlier, Dec. 26, saw the worst tsunami in modern history
gMpEX TIL that a 2005 survey by the British Cheese Board reported that Stilton cheese seemed to cause unusual dreams, with 75 per cent of men and 85 per cent of women experiencing "odd and vivid" dreams after eating a serving of the cheese half an hour before sleeping.
7rdyL In 1781, Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay about farting