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TIL in 2009, Swiss special forces planned to rescue two hostages held by Gaddafi. Ideas included exfil by car, boat, or submarine. The mission was aborted for legal and diplomatic reasons.

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0wKa5 TIL Zoos give female animals, such as Zebras and Chimps, birth control to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Zoos also pick and chose which males of different species are allowed to reproduce, essentially “zoo breeding” towards preferred traits for zoo life.
XyYQ TIL a study involving 165 patients with Alzheimer’s found that those treated with the highest dose of an antibody drug, aducanumab, experienced an almost complete clearance of amyloid plaques (that supposedly lead to the irreversible memory loss and cognitive decline).
XEW0Q TIL cows are the cause of 20 times more deaths than sharks. Whenever a cow gets scared they will charge and attack, considering they are over 1000 pounds death due to a cow charge is highly plausible. Sharks usually only kill humans when they mistake them for some other source of food like a turtle.
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