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TIL of Kursk, a Russian submarine that sank in August of 2000 due to an accident involving poorly maintained torpedoes. None of the crew survived due to old, poorly maintained Russian rescue equipment and the Russian Navy’s refusal to accept Western aid.

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wQZ6 TIL During the “Red Terror” of 1918, Communist secret police in Orel “poured water on naked prisoners bound in the winter streets until they became living ice statues.” In Ukraine, they “rolled people around in barrels studded internally with nails.” Upwards of 1 million people died.
e04x4 TIL that mosquitoes can not only smell what blood type you are, they prefer type O. In fact, people who are type O are twice as likely to be bitten than someone who is type A.
dDwLE TIL: The Greek intellectual Hypatia was accused of witchcraft in March 415 CE where a mob seized her from her carriage, dragged her into a church, carved out her eyes and her living flesh with oyster shells, then tore her limb from limb.
QJo1p TIL of Cibella Borges, a female NYC cop who was fired from her job after it was revealed she posed for a nude magazine prior to becoming an officer. She was reinstated three years later and awarded $80,000 in backpay
m1Jro TIL Scientists created an antenna that is only five nanometres long