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TIL During the 1960s the US government sprayed chemical weapons throughout poor neighborhoods of St. Louis without the residents knowledge as part of a chemical weapons test.

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Q9xL TIL when the KGB tried to blackmail Indonesian President Achmed Sukarno with videotapes of the president having sex with Russian women disguised as flight attendants, Sukarno wasn’t upset. He was pleased. He even asked for more copies of the video to show back in his country.
4kZQa TIL in 1939, a major international chess tournament in Buenos Aires coincided with the start of World War II. Afterwards, many top European players chose to stay in Argentina rather than return to Europe.
ZpwgD TIL there is an Iraqi bellydance called Kawliya which involves flipping the hair and rolling the head in a manner reminiscent of a heavy metal fan at a concert. Kawliya used to be considered a disgraceful dance but is now very popular with Iraqi women who like to dance this way at social events...
D18ge TIL 40% of the deaths during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005 were from drowning, mostly from fast rising waters after levee breeches overcame neighborhoods. Most of the deaths were the elderly, with 49% of the fatalities over age 75.
P1E7V TIL the band Sister 7 was originally called “Little Sister. After being threatened with a dispute claim by a band from Boston with the same name, the band changed their name to Sister 7 to reflect that there were 6 other bands with the name “Little Sister”