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TIL Performance outdoor clothing leach PFAS forever chemicals 😔

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0wlB5 TIL of the conman Anthony Gignac, who posed a Saudi prince for decades conning 8 million dollars from investors. He was exposed when potential investors saw him eat pork.
697Jm TIL Boer Commandos / Kommandos of what is now South Africa were civilian units of guerilla militia that ran parallel to British troops & were re-formed, conscripted to, & disbanded several times (last was 2005). Entire families in district command, control of taxes & fighting in rough terrain.
xJ9b TIL that a Japanese innkeeper accused a student of stealing the fumes of his cooking. The judge resolved the matter ruling that the price of the smell of food is the sound of money.
Y1Vd TIL that most mermaid “sightings” were most likely manatees, dugongs, or Steller’s sea cows. In fact, Christopher Columbus spotted 3 manatees near the Dominican Republic and would later write that mermaids are “not half as beautiful as they are painted.”
6ExO7 TIL in 1995, a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 was intercepted and captured by the Taliban. After negotiations for a prisoner exchange fell through, the Russian crew physically overpowered and disarmed their guards and started their plane, narrowly dodging a firetruck as they took off towards freedom.