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TIL The highly classified Task Force Black removed or killed 3,500 insurgents from the streets of Baghdad, reducing bombings from 150 per month to about 2 per month.

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DQLMJ TIL: Olive Garden stopped salting its pasta water because the salt voided warranties on its pots
wLRo1 TIL that a club of multidisciplinary scientists formed a group called NecroSearch, who volunteer to assist law enforcement in the location of clandestine graves and recovery of evidence (aka cold-case bodies). Their team is comprised of botanists, meteorologists and other technical specialists.
jNb0M TIL Lord Byron kept a pet bear in his dormitory while studying at Cambridge.
P1LQL TIL: that WD40 Literally stands for Water displacement 40th formula
EwJx TIL that in 1974, Ian Ball attempted to kidnap Princess Anne. After shooting her bodyguard, chauffeur and a bystander, he asked her to get out of the car, to which she responded “Not bloody likely”