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TIL In the 1950s the CIA would spread rumors of vampires in the Philippines to dissuade communist rebels. They would ambush the back member of a patrol silently, kill them before draining them of blood and poking two holes in their neck before leaving the body just off the road.

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Lkr0v TIL that the largest castle in the world is Malbork Castle, built by the Teutonic Order of knights. It was completed in 1406 and at the time was the largest brick castle in the world.
LkA6P TIL that the 2000 hit "Who Let The Dogs Out" by the Baha Men was a cover of a '98 song "Doggies" by Anslem Douglas, which was informed by a '94 techno hit by Twenty Fingers, which was taken from a '92 hit by Miami Boom, which likely was inspired by a '86 TX highschool football chant
awjxJ TIL that the world's largest cemetery is Wadi-us-Salaam ("Valley of Peace") in Najaf, Iraq - it contains tens of millions of bodies over an area of 6 km², and approximately 500,000 new bodies from around the globe are buried there annually
p8prZ TIL the famous Rokeby Venus painting was attacked by a suffragette with a meat cleaver in 1914. She stated that she wanted to destroy the most beautiful woman in mythological history, in protest against the government for destroying Emmeline Pankhurst, the most beautiful woman in modern history.
XELmR TIL the Appalachian Mountains were once part of a mountain range called the Central Pangean Mountains, which were created when the supercontinent Pangea was formed about 335 million years ago. Other mountains that were once part of that range are now in Africa and Scotland.