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TIL some historians believe that Albert Camus, French existentialist philosopher and author of The Stranger, was killed by KGB agents for his criticism of Stalin's regime.

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l7vpN TIL a nursing home in Finland ran a small scheme where they gave subsidised accommodation to students with the agreement that they would spent time with the elderly
KLk9 TIL that the Pyrenean Ibex, which went extinct in 2000, was resurrected in 2009. For 7 minutes, the species was no longer extinct, but the baby died of a lung defect shortly after birth.
9Y7Xm TIL: Medically managed hypothermia has been popular and in use in medicine since the 1930s-1940s when research was conducted demonstrating the absence of irreversible neurologic change in humans cooled to as low as 26*C over a 24-hour period after sustaining traumatic brain injuries.
nWW5Y TIL the Ottawa Convention is a 1997 treaty signed by 133 countries to ban antipersonnel land mines. The U.S. never signed. The U.S. placed thousands of mines in the DMZ between the Koreas during the Cold War to help deter an overwhelming ground invasion from the North.
1Z6r TIL that, when asked, Adele turned down singing at William and Kate’s royal wedding because she’d already arranged to have a BBQ with her friends.