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TIL Jairo Mora Sandoval, a 26 year old who dedicated his life to protecting leatherback sea turtle nests from poachers on Moin beach in Costa Rica. Him and volunteers, would collects the eggs and guard them in a hatchery. On May 30, 2013, he was kidnapped and murdered.

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Rp5l TIL Israel admitted to administering immigrating Ethiopian women with a “long-acting” contraception without their knowledge; with the ironic goal of keeping Israel “pure”.
ADrAo TIL of the feedback sandwich, the recommended method for managers to give negative feedback, by sandwiching the negative remark between two positive ones
neoXd TIL that there is a pseudo-medical credential called Pastoral Medicine (PSc.D or D.PSc), or "Bible-based" medicine, which is enabling people to call themselves "doctor" and treat patients in all 50 states and 30 countries.
8adlZ TIL about Nikolai Vavilov, a Soviet botanist whose aim was to end hunger worldwide. He collected seeds of wild crops and deposited them in a seedbank in which to produce new strains of crops. Stalin denounced him and used him as a scapegoat for a famine. He died in prison from starvation.
Qdpe TIL golfer Cameron Tringale asked to be disqualified from the PGA Championship after he passed his putter over his ball and felt he may have misreported his score by not counting it as a shot. His honesty cost him $53000 in tournament earnings.