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TIL about necklacing as a form of execution

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Z80MQ TIL in 1962, the CIA stole an abandoned Soviet polar listening station. 2 agents were dropped to retrieve equipments and were later fished out from the site using a sky hook attached to a B-17 bomber.
KYjRw TIL about Anne Green, who was sentenced to death by hanging over the murder of her stillborn child, revived back to life by blowing smoke up her butt and placing her in bed with another woman, recovered completely, and was pardoned.
W7jMo TIL that a small area of Los Angeles shares Beverly Hills' 90210 zip code. Called Beverly Hills Post Office, the neighborhood's property values benefit from association with the famous city. Don't have any emergencies, though; ambulances get confused by the border.
VMad0 TIL Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart Simpson on "The Simpsons", is a decorated Scientologist, and has donated 10 million dollars to the church.
PY5VZ TIL about the False Dmitrys. Three different imposters who all pretended to be Dmitry the son of Ivan the Terrible. Each of them fooled the nation into crowning them Tsar but all were ultimately found out and executed.