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TIL The Slip 'N Slide toy from the 80's and early 90's is considered one of the more dangerous toys of that generation. It's very risky for teens and adults to use, resulting in many cases of spinal, neck and paralysis injuries. And that's assuming it wasn't set up on rocks in the lawn!

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9JND TIL a group of crows got so mad at a mask wearing researcher for giving them identification bands that they recruited more crows to harass anyone wearing the same mask years after the fact.
PYvkG TIL that the Indonesian Army nearly conducted an amphibious landing in Somalia in order to free the crew of an Indonesian cargo ship captured by pirates. The plan was never executed because the pirates were all killed by Indonesian Special Forces and the hostages freed before they made it to shore.
rRXE4 TIL a British spy 'fired the shot that finished off Rasputin'
dX5B TIL that Nigeria has overtaken Ireland in Guinness sales and is the number 2 consumer of Guinness world wide
pWB4 TIL in the 1960s. The CIA created several fake cover-up companies to purchase Titanium from the Soviet Union. Titanium being a crucial element in the production of SR-71 Blackbirds. Subsequently helping Lockheed Martin’s Secret Black Project called “Skunk Works”. The SR-71 served from 1964 to 1998.