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TIL Sean Smith, one of the Americans killed in the Benghazi attack, was a leading player known as ‘Vile Rat’ in EVE Online. On the day of his death, Smith typed a message online; “Assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our 'police’ that guard the compound taking pictures.”

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yQK1J TIL of the sawback bayonet. When plunged into the enemy, this style of blade pulled out the victim’s insides when removed, causing an exceptionally painful death. French and British soldiers would execute captured germans on sight who were in possession of the blade.
W6PX TIL Ronald McNair (killed on the Challenger) was the second black man in space, had a black belt in karate, and a Ph.D. in physics from MIT. He had a sax with him on the trip and had planned to compose the first sax song in space.
l7aOB TIL the Beastie Boys credit the band being "kickstarted" after suing British Airways who used their song without permission and forced to pay them $40K.
1a99D TIL about Malone Mukwende. He is actively creating a free medical handbook on skin conditions for POC to bridge the gap of exclusively caucasian examples of various skin afflictions in his medical textbooks.
MeQOA TIL monkeys can learn to use money. Capuchins that were taught to exchange silver discs for treats began budgeting for foods they liked, buying more of something when the price dropped, and started gambling. Eventually, rich monkeys even figured out they could pay each other for sex.