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TIL of Robert Levinson, who disappeared on March 9 2007, whilst working as a private investigator in Iran. Levinson flew to Kish Island to meet Dawud Salahuddin, a US fugitive, as part of a "unauthorised CIA mission" before disappearing. In 2011,photos of Levinson alive were sent to his family.

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Ypk97 TIL an 11 year old girl survived four days at sea in a 2ft by 5ft raft after her family was murdered and the boat she was on sank. She went years without knowing for sure who killed them.
neNxB TIL about Vulcan, an isolated WV town which, after a bridge collapse left them with no legal road access, appealed to the Soviet Union for funding. As intended, the Soviet Union used Vulcan as an example of American failure, prompting international attention and 1.3M$ of US funding for a new bridge.
nNn9 TIL Gili Trawangan, a small mainly Muslim Island that is harsh on alcohol, openly and legally sells and consumes Magic Mushrooms on a regular basis in Milkshakes and eaten like potato chips
p8K8G TIL that for insects the size of fruit flies, the air density for them is like water density to us.
gMlrA TIL that tomatoes possess the genes to produce capsaicinoids but they are not expressed. Recently, researchers discovered a technique to turn on translation of those genes and they grew spicy tomatoes.