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TIL that Kurt Waldheim was 'accidentally' elected UN Secretary-General in 1971, after the US, the UK, and China failed to coordinate their vetoes.

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YpBpx TIL Morton's fork is a type of false dilemma in which contradictory observations lead to the same conclusion. Asserting that a person suspected of a crime who is acting nervously must have something to hide, while a person who acts calmly and confidently must be skilled at hiding something.
WkBnX TIL that Chiropractic Medicine is pure quackery!
a8pAN TIL undelivered letters from 313AD were discovered in the ruins of a NW Chinese watchtower—one is from a desperate Sogdian (ancient central Asian people) woman named Miwnay, addressed to her husband who brought her to China & left. She & her daughter, now poor, then became servants in a Chinese home
VMrB4 TIL The Barlow lens was invented in the 19th century by Peter Barlow and can increase the magnification of any telescope eyepiece used with them, usually 2 or 3 times
WGDL TIL that the Texas Supreme Court reinstated a family law judge after he was caught on camera beating his disabled daughter.