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TIL the surviving SEAL from the events that inspired Lone Survivor supports the Afgani man who saved him with royalties from the book.

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rR5MW TIL 40% of British government expenditure in 1833 was compensation paid to slave owners following abolition. The amount borrowed to fund this wasn’t paid of until 2015.
b6DbN TIL the 1994 to 1998 North Korean Famine (AKA The Arduous March or March of Suffering) killed between 240,000 and 3.5 million people and lead to the terms "Hunger" and "Famine" being banned in NK Media
yVYgp TIL What Really Happened to Ahmed Best and Jake Lloyd
b9XN4 TIL that when the artist, Melanie Willhide, got her stolen laptop back, all her files were deleted by the burglar. Data recovery experts were able to recover some of them. The photos were corrupted, but she decided to exhibit the work. The show was titled after the burglar.
E81X TIL When a viking raid was unable to breach the walls of an Italian city, their commander faked a deathbed conversion to Christianity so he could be buried at the local church. Once inside he promptly opened the gates for his army.