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TIL Admiral Jeremiah Denton Jr. used his eyes to blink the word "TORTURE" using Morse Code during his captivity in Vietnam.

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gMEQb TIL Primatology pioneer Dian Fossey, determined to save the nearly-extinct Mountain Gorillas waged a war against poachers: she led armed patrols, burned their huts, arrested and placed bounties on poachers and convinced the locals that she practiced black magic, in order to scare them away
YMkx TIL that 15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
ANDvx TIL about Will & William West, two felons who looked visually similar and even had similar anthropomorphic measurements. Officials needed fingerprints to “prove” they were different people. While mugshots still persist, most body measures have given way to fingerprints.
7rkyr TIL After the death of Princess Diana, radio station XFM banned certain songs that might upset people. Banned songs included Drive by The Cars, Airbag by Radiohead and anything by the Crash Test Dummies.
OorLa TIL: Hitler’ Fried Chicken was a Restaurant In Thailand with a logo of Adolf Hitler's head replacing Colonel Sanders