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TIL that Belize and Guatemala are currently in a massive border dispute that has persisted for hundreds of years

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rNNV4 TIL the first episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares tried saving a bookmaking front for the Bonanno crime family
OW01 TIL in Ancient Rome, besides famous gladiator fights there were so-called Naumachia ‒ naval battles taking place in huge artificial basins with seating tiers surrounding them, similar to amphitheatres.
J1l74 TIL that during the Vietnam War, the Battle of Hamburger Hill was named by American soldiers who felt the intense, grinding combat was like being “chewed up like hamburger meat.” Fought over Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley, the battle resulted in high casualties after ten days of fierce fighting.
dDNkd TIL that in 1940, Imperial Japan built a monument out of stones from conquered territories, with text declaring their divine right to expansion. After the war, the monument was renamed the "Tower of Peace" and the imperial slogan was ordered removed, but the text was carved in again 20 years later.
pvZ4 TIL Tupac Shakur shot two off duty police officers who were assaulting a young man. Charges against Shakur were dropped because the officers were intoxicated and in possession of stolen guns