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TIL - Not only is the kidnap and murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena still active he may have been betrayed by a DEA agent in his own office but also a CIA agent who has been named was there at his interrogation and murder.

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Zp7Ro TIL The name "sniper" comes from the verb "to snipe", which originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India in reference to shooting. An extremely challenging game bird for hunters due to its alertness, camouflaging colour and erratic flight behaviour.
d8D0j TIL If you make above $32k/year (USD), you are in the top 1% of the world
G591 TIL there is a lightbulb in California that has been burning for at least 113 years. The lightbulb is often cited as evidence for the idea that modern lightbulbs are intentionally produced to die early so that customers will buy more of them.
p8pKO TIL that scientists came together in a unique study that observed exactly 1,893 dogs pooping among 37 different breeds of dog, and found that dogs have "magnetoreception". Apparently while they are calm, they poop facing north or south. Quite a few other mammals do this too.
8BMG TIL some cooperative bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Brazil help fishermen - having signaled with head and tail slaps to the fishermen where to drop nets, they corral the fish toward into them and eat the fish missed by the net.