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TIL A Chinese Woman Led the Largest and Most Successful Pirate Fleet in History

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mKnY TIL when American troops were asking ‘American’ trivial questions to flush out German infiltrators in WWII, that American brigadier general Bruce Clarke was held at gunpoint for five hours after he said the Chicago Cubs were in the American League
1xjO TIL that before standard CPR was invented, the dominant response to cardiac arrest was to cut open the chest and massage the heart directly in the hands.
v1oEK TIL that during the 1962 missile crisis, the all-out nuclear war was prevented by a single man: Vasily Arkhipov
woKM8 TIL That the 8th season of Big Brother Canada was ended prematurely due to the pandemic. All the remaining contestants were sent home early and the prize money was donated to a relief charity.
e0W46 TIL 17-year-old Peter Woodcock was Canada's youngest serial killer, After murdering 3 children between 1956 - 1957 he was sent to a Psychiatric Facility, years after he was given permission to leave unsupervised where he killed his last victim, He was classed as "The Killer They Couldn't Cure"