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TIL that since 2009, Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl has been held captive by the Taliban.

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PkMg TIL the name of the first Porsche 911 was actually the Porsche 901. It was changed to 911 after Peugeot protested that they had exclusive rights to car names that consisted of 3 numbers with the middle number being a zero.
4kODb TIL that from 2009 to 2019, out of 212 cruise ship overboard incidents only 48 people were rescued.
nayo TIL the Nazis tried to cure homosexuality by forcing homosexual inmates to have sex with female sex slaves.
KOX49 TIL of Captain EO: A collaboration between Michael Jackson, George Lucas and Frances Ford Coppola made specifically to be shown at Disney parks in 1986, and is also considered one of the first 4D films.
wod9o TIL: The San Francisco subway system still runs on 5 1/4-inch floppies