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TIL a Russian lab housing biological weapons and pathogens accidentally released a deadly anthrax strain in 1979, killing an unknown number of people. The lab is still active.

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epdeg TIL that Michael Jackson organized a supergroup, in a similar fashion to 'We are the World', for the September 11th attacks, that was never released. The reasons "What More Can I Give" was shelved vary as to why, but could have been because of his then-campaign against Sony Music.
YpLe7 TIL doctors, nurses and Catholic clergy were involved in stealing ~ 300,000 babies during the Franco era in Spain. Children were moved from parents deemed "undesirable" and placed them with "approved" families. Birth mothers were told their baby had died.
dMa8 TIL Irish airline tycoon Michael O'Leary acquired a taxi license for his luxury Mercedes S500L so he could use Dublin’s bus lanes for his daily commute.
oBgVW TIL that there is a contagious dog tumor which spreads through sexual interaction with other dogs and those tumors can be traced back to a dog which lived 11 thousand years ago which means the living cells of this dog survived through other dogs.
R5P9 TIL A Japanese diplomat in Lithuania during WWII disobeyed multiple direct orders from his government and wrote special visas enabling thousands of Lithuanian Jews to escape the Holocaust. His reward was a ruined career and decades of ignominy and deprivation. He had no regrets.