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TIL Due to the Taliban dynamiting two famous 4th century giant statues of Buddha for their status as idols, excavators of the site discovered a cave network filled with 5th-9th century artwork and another, previously unknown giant statue of Buddha within

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K9oQ TIL A 19-year-old college student who had shown no outward signs of depression killed herself while she had been participating in a company drug trial for Cymbalta - an antidepressant - 4 days after being switched to a placebo. Prior to the study, she was healthy and had no mental problems.
nyor TIL an entrepreneur exploited a loophole of a Healthy Choice pudding promotion. By purchasing 12,150 Healthy Choice puddings totaling $3,140, he was able to earn 1,253,000 frequent flyer miles. He also donated all of the puddings and received an $815 tax deduction.
8e9N8 TIL after a Taliban fighter shot down an American CH-47D Chinook, he boasted about it over his radio. Signals Intelligence identified the caller, and within two days, an F-16, a C-130, and two Apache Gunships used their combined firepower to kill him and five others.
6EMJl TIL there are various ways to make the deadliest creature to humans, the mosquito, extinct.
9wEND TIL producer Christopher Nolan initially opposed & tried to change director Zack Snyder & writer David Goyer's idea to have Superman kill Zod at the end of Man of Steel. He told them "There's no way you can do this". However, Goyer convinced him with a scene where Superman killing Zod saves a family