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TIL that after five divers became trapped in a Paria Fuel Trading Company oil pipeline, when making repairs to the pipe, with only one of them surviving, Paria admitted they had no rescue plan, citing that they had 'no legal responsibility to rescue the men'

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OoZZ7 TIL of operation Tamarisk | During the cold war, soviet troops weren't issued toilet paper in the field, leading to them using official documents; Spies were sent in to retrieve these documents from disposal bins. It's seen as one of the most successful espionage missions of the cold war.
vPMJ7 TIL The county of Loving, Texas has the highest GDP per capita in the U.S., is the least populated county in the U.S., has the oldest population in the U.S., and has lost more people between 2019 and 2023 than most counties in the USA.
pbA TIL annually Paris experiences nearly 20 cases of mental break downs from visiting Japanese tourists, whom cannot reconcile the disparity between the Japanese popular image of Paris and the reality of Paris.
JYjbj TIL of the "The Three Christs of Ypsilanti", which is a psychiatric case-study that revolved around an experiment on a group of three patients with paranoid schizophrenia, each of whom believed they were literally Jesus Christ. They were brought together and "quarreled over who was holier".
Z8JAY TIL of the FBI's US highway serial killer initiative. According to reports, at any given time, there are numerous serial killers doubling as long haul drivers that are able to kill with little chance of being caught.