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TIL after a Soviet hostage was found dead, KGB agents castrated the nephew of the hostage taker and sent the severed organs as well as a list of other known family members to the hostage taker. The remaining Soviet hostages were quickly released.
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TIL three words in English use ‘w’ as a vowel: cwm, a hollow in a mountain; crwth, an instrument similar to a violin; and cwtch, a hiding place.
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TIL the 1983 film "Talking Tiger Mountain" was based on William S. Burroughs' 1979 novel "Blade Runner: a Movie" which was originally a film treatment for Alan E. Nourse's 1973 novel "The Bladerunner," the title of which (but not the story) was used in the 1982 film "Blade Runner"
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TIL Ajax Amsterdam didn't lose a single home match in the 1971-72 season and was only defeated once in the whole season, and then won the Netherlands national league, KNVB Cup, European Cup and Intercontinental Cup in 1972.
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TIL of Jennifer Asbenson, a woman who survived an encounter with a serial killer, Andrew Urdiales. He assaulted her, bound her, and put her into the trunk of his car. She broke free and ran away. He chased her with her a machete, but she signalled a passing truck and escaped. Urdiales had 8 victims.