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TIL of Rosalynn McGinnis; She was kidnapped at the age of 12 by her stepfather and smuggled into Mexico, where she had 9 children fathered by her kidnapper. At the age of 32, 20 years after her kidnapping, her neighbors helped her and 8 of her children escape their captor and return to the U.S.

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loGQA TIL about Jose Castellanos Contreras, a Salvodoran army colonel and diplomat, who, while working as El Salvador's Consul General for Geneva during WWII, helped save up to 40,000 Jews and Central Europeans from the Nazis by secretly issuing thousands of "certificates of Salvadoran citizenship"
p8ma8 TIL that Electroshock Therapy as demonised by One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is actually a valid, effective and humane treatment for a variety of brain conditions and still used to this day
4PWJ TIL that “to train each Apache pilot from scratch cost £3 million. It took six months just to learn how to fly it, another six to know how to fight in it, and a final six to be passed combat ready. And that was if you were already a fully qualified, combat-trained army helicopter pilot.”
9wvE7 TIL that anyone who wishes to join the French Foreign Legion must do anonymously under an assumed name. After one year of service, the recruit may choose to officially give the legion their real name.
JYAm4 TIL that relative to other animals humans are born prematurely and thus can be "socialized to a far greater extent than any other animal". Human babies are highly dependent for YEARS on adults (vs. e.g., kitten leaving mother weeks after birth) and thus can be taught/nurtured for better or worse.