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TIL In Cheongju, South Korea, a gang of thieves rented a hotel and spent a month digging a secret tunnel to gain access to a nearby oil pipeline in order to siphon it. They've managed to dug 10 meters deep and reached the pipeline, but a police raid caught them before they could steal any oil.

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5YJAD TIL about tetrachromats. Tetrachromats have 4 vision cones as opposed to the average 3. This allows them to see ~99 million more shades than the average person. It is thought to be impossible for men to have this gene because they only have a single X chromosome, whereas women have two.
jNXYE TIL Tom Attridge, the pilot of the first jet aircraft to shoot itself down. He fired two bursts midway through a shallow dive. As the trajectory of the cannon rounds decayed, they ultimately crossed paths with the jet as it continued its descent. Though it was a crash-landing, he survived.
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8j0b TIL the Americans botched the hanging of the German Field Marshall Wilhelm Keital. The trapdoor was too small and he smashed his head going down, and the force didn’t break his neck so it took a full 24 minutes for him to suffocate.