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TIL so many Peruvian presidents have been jailed for corruption and abuse that they have their own prison specifically for ex presidents.

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9YogB TIL The longest confirmed tank kill in history was recorded in 1991 when a British Challenger-1 tank with the callsign 11B fired at an Iraqi main battle tank from a distance of more than 5,100 meters – just above three miles – with a Depleted Uranium round.
WG5A TIL that during WWII, Norwegian resistance members would put itching powder inside condoms and deliver them to German soldiers. Many of them went to the hospital, thinking they had contracted an STD.
VkJZ TIL Brazil has more Lebanese people than Lebanon.
P1bDG TIL that we don't actually know who the first person to reach the North Pole was. Robert Peary, Frederick Cook, and Richard Byrd all said they were the first people to reach it, but none of their claims are confirmed.
QAEM TIL pancakes are one of mankind’s oldest prepared foods, and virtually every culture has their own version of them.