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TIL in 1943 the SAS successfully hijacked a train in Italy to libertate inmates from concentration behind enemy lines.

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OkR TIL that 70% of Iran’s science and engineering students are not men, but women.
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jpkj TIL Alan Rickman almost turned down his first film role - Hans Gruber in Die Hard; changed his mind and suggested wearing a suit and pretending to be a hostage
X0P TIL that the estimated costs for the 2012 political campaigns (6 or 7 billion) is almost 3 times the cost of sending the Rover Curiosity to Mars (2.5 billion)
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