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TIL The journalist who wrote CIA contra-crack story died from a suicide (2 gunshots in the head)

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DQA8e TIL of two foot fetishists who scammed people out of 10,000 socks. When jailed, they were given jobs in the laundry room cleaning prisoners' socks.
X0erD TIL in the 1970's the Ford Transit van, with car performance and space for 1.75 tonnes of loot, was used in 95% of bank robberies in the UK.
Pl0e TIL: In the 1950’s you could walk into a pet store, buy a monkey, kill it, shave it, dupe the media into believing it was an alien and only get fined $10.00.
7MrM TIL that a Japanese mathematician independently invented much of calculus
kOoaE Recently, a collaboration of marine researchers from eight different countries began a project called GoJelly to create an array of jellyfish-based products, including water filters, fish feed, face cream, fertilizers, and food.