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TIL Most of the Cambodians did not even know that Pol Pot was the head of Khmer Rouge until his communist friends from China “insisted” him to show his face to the world as the leader of Cambodia. Even his family members who were working in the fields did not know he was running the country.

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AZVl TIL Shirley Chisholm became in 1968, the first African-American woman elected to Congress and survived 3 assassination attempts in 1972 while being the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1abVr TIL that the Seventh amendment of the constitution hasn’t changed since it was written so inflation hasn’t been applied despite being over 200 years old.
R7N14 TIL that Lisa Theris, 25 years old, survived 28 days naked and barefoot in the woods of Alabama. Legally blind, she used a walking stick to navigate, eating mushrooms and berries and drinking muddy water. Presumed dead, she finally stumbled out of the forest and onto the Highway and was discovered.
8OBV TIL that dozens of well-connected Saudis, including relatives of Osama Bin Laden, left the USA a few days after 9/11, when most flights were still grounded. They left with the personal approval of top White House officials.
le7K TIL that based off data of each state’s probability of having a natural disaster and their budget for natural disasters Texas ranks as the least safe and prepared.Wyoming and Vermont on the other hand are the most safe and prepared.