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TIL that Gaddafi survived a US air strike in 1986 thanks to the italian government warning him before the attack.

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R79Aj TIL Only three sciences get Nobel awards: chemistry, physics and physiology. Mathematics is ignored, as are computing, robotics and artificial intelligence as well as environmental sciences. Modern science is also a group affair, rather than the genius of a few scientists
mePR TIL of Shiori Ino, a Japanese college student who was murdered by her stalker. Her attempts to seek help from the police were met with rejection, as senior officers feared that having unresolved cases would “hurt their standings.”
8a1gK TIL Pandemic Emergency Bonds pay out as much as 11.5% a year unless 2,500 people die in one particular country with an additional 20 deaths in another, in which case investors lose all of their money.
9lbm TIL Robin Williams was sued in 1986 after transmitting herpes to a waitress while cheating on his wife
nWm9P TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old.