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TIL A Man in Nigeria Was “Raped to Death” By His Six Wifes

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R75D1 TIL that intelligence agencies seek what they call "FINCA": information that is Foreign, of Interest, New, Clandestine, and Authoritative.
X0R1Q TIL that Saudi Arabia runs a conjoined twins programme and flies conjoined twins from all over the world for their separation surgery while taking care of all the expenses of the travel and stay.
b6xN0 TIL Vivaldi wrote an opera, Arsilda, regina di Ponto (RV 700), but the state censor blocked the performance. The main character, Arsilda, falls in love with another woman, Lisea, who is pretending to be a man. Vivaldi got the censor to accept the opera the following year
b9eEN TIL: There is a species of jellyfish whose sting inflicts the victim with an impending sense of doom. The sensatation of constant imminent dread is reportedly so severe, patients beg their doctors to kill them to end it.
oBXyR TIL John Hinckley Jr's motive for attempting to assassinate Ronald Reagan was to try and woo Jodie Foster, emulating Robert De Niro's character from the film Taxi Driver