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TIL about the Nogun-Ri Massacre where 300 civilian men, women and children were killed by the US Army via machine guns, artillery and air raids/strafing. They were unarmed and merely seeking refuge under a bridge.

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XV1r TIL the first episode of an X-Files spin-off called “The Lone Gunmen”, which aired March 4, 2001, involves a US government conspiracy to hijack an airliner, fly it into the World Trade Center, and blame it on terrorists - thereby gaining support for a new profit-making war
8amOP TIL that virgin queen ants leave their existing colony to form their own in a process known as nuptial flight. In preparation for the flight, males emerge from their pupa case and are "quickly converted into single-purpose sexual missiles."
wLlXP TIL that there are verbs in the English language with more than one grammatically correct past participle. Examples include the verbs to dwell, to creep, and to burn.
PYYXZ TIL if everyone in the world lived an American lifestyle, it would require four Earths to sustain that level of consumption. I'm pretty sure that this remarkable guide about sustainable living is almost unknown, lost in the sea of Internet information, however, I've found it inspiring.
al5o TIL In 1937 an anonymous article was published in India warning about the dictatorial tendencies of Nehru who would later become India’s first Prime Minister. It said “His conceit is already formidable. It must be checked. We want no Caesars”. It was later revealed that the author was Nehru himself.