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TIL The Elite Canadian Airborne Regiment was disbanded following the torture and murder of locals whilst Peacekeeping in Somalia.

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mxeXv TIL that there are no wild snakes in New Zealand.
BrMEy TIL Ancient Greek sculptures were not always white. They were often painted bright and colorful
GY8XJ TIL Jimmy Carter, LITERALLY averted a Nuclear Disaster in Ottawa Ontario, by being lowered into a nuclear reactor with a wrench.
4P7w TIL In 1978, a dangerous cult called Synanon tried to murder an opponent by placing an de-rattled rattlesnake in his mailbox. The snake did bite Attorney Paul Morantz, but he survived and went on to prosecute Synanon, as well as Church of Scientology, Hare Krishnas, and more.
A61o TIL Charles Korsmo, the boy in Hook, Dick Tracy, What About Bob?, and Can’t Hardly Wait, quit acting, went to MIT, then got his JD from Yale and is now Assistant Professor of Law at Case Western.