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TIL that Cheryl Bentov, the woman who seduced Mordechai Vanunu into going with her to Italy where he was subsequently kidnapped, transported to Israel to face a secret trial and sentenced to 18 years in prison, works as a real estate agent in Longwood, Florida.

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0dgEA TIL physicist Walter Jaeger was trying to invent a sensor to detect poison gas. He expected the gas to alter the sensor's electric current but it did not. Frustrated, he lit a cigarette and was surprised to see smoke altered the current. This discovery led to the creation of the modern smoke alarm.
E1jkW TIL Kentaro Miura, author of manga series Berserk, was so meticulous that he would often go pixel-by-pixel in digital drawing software meant to streamline his inking and drawing process
R589 TIL That if a minor party candidate receives 5%+ of the popular votes, that party will be allowed campaign funding in the next election period. §9004(2)
R5aEj TIL that Teddy Roosevelt rode into battle during the 1898 U.S. invasion of Cuba carrying a book titled "Anglo-Saxon Superiority"
QJNJp TIL John Gotti had his neighbors body dissolved in a 55 gallon drum of acid for accidentally running over and killing Gottis 12 year old son.