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TIL that a Japanese University has granted the first ever Masters Degree in Ninja Studies.

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m1OkY TIL FBI agents visiting the loan shark and murderer Sam DeStefano to question him, would be served special blend of coffee with an unusual taste. After they discovered this was caused by DeStefano urinating in the beverages, one agent was never able to drink coffee again.
Y7Ejv TIL in 1995 convicted murderers Daniel Luther Heiss & Shane Baker escaped from prison after Heiss discovered the key printed on the prisoners' information handbook was the master key to the entire prison. Baker had jewelry-making equipment in his cell & made a copy of the key. Both were recaptured.
E1Anw TIL a person survived 17 days under the rubble of department store collapse in South Korea that killed 500 people.
m15yE TIL the extremely venomous and painful tentacles of the Portuguese Man-of-War can reach a lenth of up to 165 ft / 50m
N7GyN TIL the word "thug" originates from a murderous Indian cult that strangled travelers to death. The cult operated for over 500 years and may have killed millions of people.