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TIL: Saddam Hussein Claimed He Won The Gulf War.

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yVjrV TIL that the creator of Wonder Woman, William Marston, was a psychologist who was famous for inventing the lie detector. He was also a BDSM enthusiast and a firm believer in the superiority of women, stating that Wonder Woman was an allegory for the type of woman he believed should run the world.
W7MA4 TIL the USA ran secret radiation experiments on unconsenting patients
B8My TIL that Google calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving on the road.
lZGB TIL in 2007, several weeks after complaining of a headache, a 12 year old boy died due to bacteria from an infected tooth invading his brain. Dental care is treated as an option, not a need, and many people suffer and die as a result.
BrWGr TIL that the Milky Way galaxy is located in a comparatively empty region of space known as the KBC Void. At approximately 2 billion light-years in diameter it is the largest known void in the universe