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TIL The Mercenary Group “Blackwater” that changed its name to “Xe” to get away from media, is still around and now goes by the name “Academi”. They still have contracts with the U.S. in the middle east.

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bdG0 TIL Actor Jon Bernthal took a long vow of silence, to prepare for his role as a mute in the movie ‘Pilgrimage’ which allowed him to discover some important lessons about human nature. “I learned how much time people spend talking and they’re not really saying anything, they’re just passing time.”
6xnZ TIL Serial killing is largely an American phenomenon, with nearly 70% of all serial killers on record being American.
9YJnp TIL for decades, cartographers have made secret illustrations on Switzerland’s official topographical maps such as a spider, a naked woman, and a marmot, eluding the Swiss Federal Office of Topography for years before removal. The naked woman reclined for nearly 60 yrs in the municipality of Egg.
BZkb TIL in WWI, a man was shot in the frontal lobe and, as a result, never slept again. He lived for 40 years after this injury.
GYGWg TIL that in 2010, the Colombian government successfully transmitted a Morse message to their captive soldiers by composing a song popular enough to hit local top 40 radio and disguising the Morse Code in a synth interlude