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TIL about Rédoine Faïd, France's most wanted criminal in 2013. A gangster and serial jailbreaker, one of his prison escapes involved hijacking a helicopter with the help of three armed accomplices.

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woX0Y TIL The voice actor Charles Martinet, most famous for being the iconic voices of the Nintendo-characters Mario and Luigi, is also the voice of the dragon Paarthurnax in "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim".
neARY TIL that around 6 million Polish citizens —nearly 21.4% of Poland's population at the time — died between 1939 and 1945 as a result of the German occupation of the country. It is estimated 90% of those deaths were non-military losses, i.e. murder.
4XDoo TIL In 2002, the FBI was forced to pay environmental activist Judi Bari $4 million dollars after they found her critically injured from a car bomb during an assassination attempt and then immediately arrested her by falsely claiming she had put the bomb inside her own car.
4Xob TIL that marijuana was made illegal in 1937 by man who testified that the drug made white women want to be with black guys
xVloo TIL until 1979, Nicaraguan deaf students were stigmatized and barred from school. With deaf schools opening but no experienced teachers, teens developed a unique language. In 6 years younger students joining were fluent and versed in the new sign language, stunning linguists.