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TIL during the rescue of Maersk Alabama Captain Phillips from Somali pirates the $30,000 in cash they obtained from the ship went missing, 2 Seal team six members were investigated but never charged. The money was never recovered

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x6pYb TIL Robert Remus AKA Sgt. Slaughter from the WWE never served in the military despite his character's gimmick. He received several Vietnam War draft deferments and even opposed the war, often protesting and demonstrating within the antiwar movement.
rROAW TIL of the bald-hairy joke, which states that Russian leaders have been alternately bald and not bald (hairy) since 1825. For example, Lenin (bald) was succeeded by Stalin (hairy), who in turn was succeeded by Khrushchev (bald), then Brezhnev (hairy)
wLWM7 Today I learned a business got the US government to topple a democratically elected government under false pretenses over bananas.
VAA4 TIL that 10 years ago during financial trouble, FC Barcelona almost let Lionel Messi leave the club for free.
nW4eP TIL Escaping slaves use to throw balls of fried cornmeal out to distract plantation hounds from tracking them. The hounds stopped barking and tracking thanks to the cornmeal which later adopted the name “hush puppies”.