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TIL in 1969 North Korea shot down a US surveillance aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board and that the US did not retaliate at all.



TIL a mathematics professor at Stanford University was murdered by his doctoral student who had been trying to get a PhD for 19 years.
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If you’re ever running from someone in the woods. Stop running and hide.
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If you’re ever running from someone in the woods. Stop running and hide.

I was sent to the Mexican US border for a year to help border patrol while I was in the National Guard. The equipment we had available included night vision, infrared, cameras, helicopters, and spotlights. Even with that, we ended up not catching a fair amount of people just because they hid. Not to mention we literally stumbled onto a few people before we saw them. Human eyes are trained to catch movement. So staying still and hiding in brush and waiting is a much better bet. Even if the person chasing has a flashlight, in the dark flashlights tend to cast long shadows and can make it even more difficult to find someone.

Edit: just to clarify. I’m more talking about being chased by an average person in the event that you’re running for your life. Someone who doesn’t have access to a helicopter or NV. At most they’d have a flashlight to try and catch you.




TIL that in 2022 two Californians filed a class action lawsuit against Barilla pasta because they thought it was made in Italy. They argue they suffered financial harm because they would not have bought it if they knew it was made in the US. The combined total they spent was $6.

TIL during the gulf war an American F-15 dropped a bomb through an enemy helicopter that was attacking friendly forces
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TIL Katy Perry released her debut album "Katy Hudson" through the Red Hill Records label. The album was a commercial failure and the label soon went bankrupt.
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TIL that in 1984, Vince Neil drove drunk and killed one man and left two others with severe brain damage. After that he headed five alcohol-based companies.
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Alice Doherty, photographed here as a teenager with her family in the early 1900s. She was born with hypertrichosis lanuginosa, which is an abnormal amount of hair growth in a certain area of the body.
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Alice Doherty, photographed here as a teenager with her family in the early 1900s. She was born with hypertrichosis lanuginosa, which is an abnormal amount of hair growth in a certain area of the body.
r/Damnthatsinteresting - Alice Doherty, photographed here as a teenager with her family in the early 1900s. She was born with hypertrichosis lanuginosa, which is an abnormal amount of hair growth in a certain area of the body.

LPT to everyone thinking on leaving their country due politics
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LPT to everyone thinking on leaving their country due politics

Seasoned experience immigrant here. Had to leave home due to insane politicians that destroyed my home.

Im making this post because I’ve seen a lot of people wondering about leaving their homes for similar reasons.

The usefulness of these tips depends on your financial situation

  1. The further you go, the fastest you’ll loose regular contact with the ones that stay home. If you’re very attached to your family, you might want to find a closer destination in case of an emergency.

  2. Look for a place that your research tells you it will be an even better place in a few years from now.

  3. Be aware of what passport you are holding. A lot of people from many countries will happily marry you for your passport. You probably just never thought about it the other way around. You might want to find a homie to trade cards with.

  4. Talk to your immigrant friends and ask them to connect you with their worldwide network. We have friends that migrated all over the world. So if you don’t have a friend in Europe, your European friend definitely does.

  5. Don’t get fooled by the internet. Most immigrants are beloved in the world. Just avoid the obvious (I’ve seen the best and the worst of immigration)

Extra: talking to locals > reading online




18-year-old cheerleader said a paddling by an assistant principal in Florida left her with black, blue, and purple bruises and that the paddling stemmed from a misunderstanding about Christmas decorations on a campus door.