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

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loXRa TIL that cereal box characters are drawn looking down so when they are on the supermarket shelf they make eye contact with children which makes the child want the product.
Z1rp TIL that a doctored photo of an American baby was falsely circulated as Hitler’s baby photo by the international press in the 1930s. This prompted Nazi authorities to release a real baby photo to prove that Hitler was in fact a cute baby.
W7EQA TIL That A generation of scientists at the Solvay Conference, 1927. 17 of the 29 attendees were or became Nobel Prize winners.
Jkjv TIL the “death tax” only affects estates worth $5.45 million per person. 99.8% of estates owe no tax.
WkJjL TIL In 2014, black taxi cab drivers brought parts of London to a standstill, protesting against Uber. This led to an 850% increase in downloads of Uber.