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TIL of Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, a mother whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered by the cartel, who took it upon herself to capture the men responsible one by one.

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lP0G TIL That there is no “Unknown Soldier” from The Vietnam War at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery. The man who was interred there from 1974 to 1998 was identified as Lt. Michael Blassie with DNA testing. He was removed, and now the crypt is empty.
OGOj1 TIL a study found that elite sumo wrestlers had significantly more fat-free mass than highly-trained bodybuilders. Data from 37 sumo wrestlers had an average FFM/stature ratio of 0.61 kg/cm, with highest being 0.66 kg/cm. The suggested upper limit in humans is 0.7 kg/cm.
OO9g TIL Hawaii’s largest-ever earthquake occurred in 1868, and the aftershocks are STILL being observed.
8aypG TIL in film editing, that in 1994 only 3 feature films had ever been edited digitally. By 1995 none had ever won an Oscar for best editing. In 1996 "The English Patient" was the first (edited by Walter Murch on the Avid). Since then every Oscar winner has been.except 1998's "Saving Private Ryan".
N79le TIL a study of attitudes toward age gap relationships found that they were frowned on, regardless of whether the man or the woman was older, but it was only when the man was older that the relationship was considered unequal.