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TIL The Suicidal Tour (Excursão Suicída) was a 1943 fundraising tour by Santa Cruz Futebol Clube in Brazil’s North Region. From January to April, they played 26-28 matches in six cities. The tour gained its name due to financial struggles, threats of German attacks, and multiple fatalities.

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WkPOB TIL Mark Thatcher, the son of Margaret Thatcher, is a convicted felon after financing the 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinean in exchange oil concessions. He served 4 years in prison and was fined US$560,000. The UK knew about the planned coup, and it's possible the Bush government did as well.
Vvlk TIL that refrigerator doors became magnetic in 1956 because kids playing would climb into an abandoned fridge, pull the door shut and realize too late they were trapped. The door seal prevented air from getting in and the kids’ screams from getting out, and in a short time they’d suffocate.
XEVyP TIL Frogfishes have a stocky appearance and rarely swim, preferring to clamber over the sea bottom using their fins as feet. Typically, they take cover lying in wait for prey, and then they strike extremely rapidly in as little as 6 milliseconds. They are found in most tropical oceans. (gif below)
vPr7 TIL that the human skull is one of the least deformable substances found in nature, needing 1 ton of force to reduce its diameter by 1 centimeter.
7rrLr TIL Local cemeteries refused to accept the Boston Marathon bomber's body and protesters actually took up a collection to try to have his body shipped to Russia.