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TIL In Mexico a cartel drove two pick up trucks onto a rush hour highway and dumped 35 dead bodies in the street.

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dBlK TIL Mussolini bribed Greek generals not to resist an Italian invasion during WWII, only to have Greek resistance fighters push his army back into Albania. The invasion was a display of confidence that highlighted Mussolini’s recklessness and proved the weakness of the Italian army.
dwV9 TIL that hacker Adrian Lamo was asked to demonstrate his abilities for an NBC news segment. He then proceeded to gain access to NBC’s internal network. NBC canceled the segment.
wlv1 TIL that the last Roman ruler of Britain, Magnus Maximus, married the daughter of a Welsh leader, thereby becoming the ancestor of several Welsh dynasties and kings up to 500 years later.
xkKw TIL there’s a skyscraper in Japan that has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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