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TIL Spc. Sean Baker was nearly beaten to death during a training exercise at Gitmo where he played the role of a detainee. Despite using the codeword and identifying himself, the beating only stopped when his jumpsuit ripped revealing fatigues

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Wond TIL that the 15 largest commercial ships in the world create as much pollution in a year as every car on the planet
kK71 TIL that the hottest part of a pepper is not the seeds, in fact they contain no capsaicin whatsoever. Instead it’s the membrane surrounding the seeds that produces the most heat.
8eR8X TIL Air Conditioning was Invented in 1902 to Dry Ink, but Became Popular After Installation in a Movie Theater in New York 20 years Later.
wLP47 TIL - Industrialist Andrew Carnegie, called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society and dedicated the last 18 years of his life to large-scale philanthropy giving away 90 percent of his fortune, $350 million ($65 billion in 2019 dollars) to charities, foundations, and universities
PYJZV TIL: Thirty-five people died when the bridge over Tampa Bay that joined St. Petersburg and Bradenton in Florida collapsed after it was hit by a cargo ship at 7:33 a.m. May 9, 1980