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TIL of the Civil Cooperation Bureau, a government death squad in Apartheid South Africa. Accused of murders, they also bombed a kindergarten, harassed a dissident by pointing a RPG7 at him while forcing him to drink moonshine, and tried to bewitch Desmond Tutu by hanging a baboon fetus in his home.

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Wk5Lo TIL When on tour, Queen would play their own version of Scrabble they called "Death Scrabble". They would have intense games through the night till morning.The highest single word laid down was by Brian, with the word Lacquers, worth 168 points. Freddie never forgave him for that.
5YDED TIL that Patrick from Sponge Bob is voiced by the same actor that was M O O N in the Stand.
d8gVj TIL South Africa is the first and only country in the world to build and then voluntarily dismantle their nuclear weapons
R74Jl TIL in the late 19th century, the Sears catalog used to offer a heroin kit, two vials of heroin included, for only $1.50 - slightly less than 50 2019 dollars.
e0WaE TIL about Andy Grant, a Royal Marine and Liverpool FC fan, whose "You'll never walk alone" tattoo read "You'll never walk" after an amputation from standing on a mine while serving in Afghanistan.