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TIL that in 2010 Tennessee firefighters watched a family's home burn to the ground because they hadn't paid a 75$ firefighting subscription fee

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LR6v TIL The CIA has admitted to torturing people in a failed attempted to brainwash them.
Lx4v TIL in Japan they have lactation bars offering human breast milk. 2,000 (18$ USD) yen gets you a shot and 5,000 (46$ USD) yen gets you the nipple.
7DV7 TIL a man survived Nazi Doctor Josef Mengele removing his kidney without anesthesia and survived a gas chamber as he was the 201st person in line for a chamber of 200 people.
vmAj TIL In exchange for Pepsi products, Russia gave Pepsi 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer. At the time, it was 7th largest submarine fleet in the world.
WVGA TIL After failing to make the NFL, Dwanye “The Rock” Johnson was broke, suffering from depression, and was living with his parents at age 24. At this point he decided to start training for wrestling