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TIL the FBI caught one of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers after he returned to the Ryder from which he rented the truck used to carry the bomb, wanting the $400 deposit back because his truck was "stolen".

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j4GR TIL that Rod Serling, creator and narrator of The Twilight Zone, co-wrote the film adaptation of The Planet of the Apes. He is the one responsible for the famous twist at the end.
nWBnW TIL that over 30,000 U.S. service members and veterans of the post-9/11 wars have died by suicide — over four times as many as have died in combat.
Z8ZaQ TIL Iceland has a near 100% termination rate in pregnancies where the mother knows the child will be born with Down's Syndrome.
4Xn56 TIL Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) has a degree in electrical engineering from Oxford
R7L99 TIL about a journalist/broadcaster from BBC who was assassinated at a bus stop in London by the KGB. A 1.7mm pallet was shot in his leg from the tip of an umbrella. The coating of the pallet melted and allowed the deadly toxin "Ricin" to be absorbed in his bloodstream. He was dead 4 days later.