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TIL a 2005 article from Der Spiegel quoting Fouad Hussein predicts the future regarding the Islamic State in an eerily accurate way: “An Islamic Caliphate in Seven Easy Steps” We’re currently at phase 5 and right on schedule.

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WkyLA TIL that Silvio Berlusconi (ex-Italian prime minister) openly insulted Finnish cuisine. In response; a group of Finnish chefs created a smoked reindeer based pizza, named it after him and won 1st place in the ameria's plate international pizza contest. The Italian-American team only came second.
BrPMW TIL during the Edo period in Japan, some firefighters set fires intentionally so they could show off their firefighting skills in public or create more business for themselves since some firefighters had construction businesses. Some firefighters were executed for this.
YpKOZ TIL that North Koreans have had a long-held belief that Kim Il-sung had the ability to teleport until it was debunked by North Korean state-run media recently
9w8G TIL The crew of the Challenger likely survived the explosion and died upon impact with the ocean.
D1kXv TIL about the female pilots who fought for the Soviet Union in WW2. They were deemed the Night Witches as their wooden planes had the sound of a flying broom and were very crucial to the war effort. They only lost 30 out of 400 women who flew over 30,000 missions.