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TIL That during Spetsnaz training recruits are woken in the middle of the night and thrown into a corridor that is filled knee high with blood and organs. They then have to escape said corridor while being chased by a very angry dog.

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Wa08 TIL a Russian man named Vasili Arkhipov prevented WWIII after refusing his captain’s orders to launch nuclear torpedoes at US Navy battleships during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 2 out of the 3 officers on board the submarine wanted fire the missile, however a unanimous decision was required.
neeN7 TIL Stalin ordered the assassination of John Wayne. Stalin was angered by John Wayne’s anti-communist rhetoric and ordered the KGB to kill him. John Wayne learned of the plot from from Orson Wells and the FBI. Wayne worked with some stuntmen friends and foiled several attempts on his life.
0w7YA TIL in 2009, Filipino employee Amador Bernabe was kicked out of his job for using water, instead of toilet paper, to clean himself during toilet visits.
N77eM TIL of a man who killed 57 people on a spree that lasted 8 hours after his girlfriend woke up him by swatting a fly on his chest.
ZpX9o TIL two people were killed outside Graceland during Elvis Presley's funeral