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TIL that MythBusters accidentally made an explosive so powerful that they destroyed the footage and alerted the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

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aKjb TIL that in 1988, Iran began a country-wide purge of political prisoners. People were beaten for missing daily prayers. One woman died after 22 days and 550 lashes, and the authorities certified her death as suicide because it was ‘she who had made the decision not to pray’.
D1K8j TIL Genrikh Yagoda, a member of Russia's "secret police" was responsible for at least 7.5 million deaths, until he too became a victim of the great purge.
P10og Today I learned pizza isn't Italian
yQV6l TIL that Wyoming only has two sets of escalators in the entire state, and both are in the same city.
QNRRe TIL in September 2011, the state of Texas abolished all special last meal requests for death row inmates.