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TIL Somali General Mohamed Farrah Aidid’s son, Hussein Farrah Aidid, emigrated to the USA when he was 14. He would later join the Marines & be stationed in Somalia as translator during Operation Restore Hope, the mission that targeted his father. Upon his father’s death, he was chosen as successor

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4kMWb TIL one individual of Myotis brandtii (a small bat species about a third the size of a mouse) was recaptured "still hale & hearty" 41 years after it was initially banded. Which is the equivalent to about 240-280 human years, with the bat showing little to no sign of aging.
KwW9 TIL that in 1966 two men climbed up a hill in Brazil, placed lead masks over their faces, and apparently killed themselves for unexplained reasons. The only clue left behind was a note that read, “16:30 be at agreed place, 18:30 swallow capsules, after effect protect metals wait for mask signal.”
5Ydr8 TIL Stephen Hawking’s ashes are buried beneath a memorial stone inscribed with his equation for the Hawking temperature of black holes. To commemorate his death, Hawking’s own words were beamed towards the nearest known black hole to Earth, about 3,500 light years away, by the European Space Agency
jl8M TIL Jim Carrey used to write Tupac funny letters when he was in prison to cheer him up. Tupac also said that Carrey was his favourite actor
XngQ TIL the DJ “scratch” was accidentally created when Grand Wizard held a spinning record in place so he could hear his mom, who was yelling at him.