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TIL U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan were instructed to ignore child sexual abuse being carried out by Afghan security forces. One Captain was relieved of his command after beating up a child rapist.

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rRLpx TIL the videocassette is credited for having ended the "Golden Age of Porn", as the rise of home video pornography in the 80s led to the genre becoming more low-budget and gratuitous.
pYnXA TIL in 2013, two men escaped prison by helicopter , but got caught a few hours later
KYYjE TIL that the capsaicin in chili’s comes from the white flesh not the seeds.
GYJwE TIL in 2012 there was a massive solar flare, at least as powerful as the Carrington event in 1859. It could have devastated the electrical grid and even disabled the water supply, but missed Earth by a week. The chance of another hit was 12% in the next 10 years. "We need to be prepared."
EWAX TIL Richard Stallman, a software freedom activist and computer programmer, and creator of a good portion of GNU/Linux, has 15 honorary doctorates