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TIL WHINSEC formerly the US Army School of the Americas trains many of South America's dictators, assassins and death squads to this day

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orAY TIL that milk from the USA that contains BST or bST(pretty much most of the milk sold at your local grocery store) is banned in Canada, all of Europe, Australia, New Zealand and many other countries
4Xv6N TIL that solar eclipses and lunar eclipses always come in pairs. There is always a lunar eclipse 15 days before or after a solar eclipse.
9Bom TIL Sean Bean often gets fan mail intended for Rowan Atkinson, who played Mr. Bean
Obx6 TIL the the first vending machine, invented in the first century, dispensed holy water.
lMMV TIL that ‘the anchoring effect’ is the common human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered (the “anchor”) when making decisions