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TIL in January 1972, Ariel Sharon decided 3,000 Bedouin were in the way of a massive military exercise he wanted to conduct. So he summarily expelled two tribes from their homes, during a deep winter spell. At least 40 people died, mostly babies, children and the elderly.

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59Vn TIL that the Dutch would ask Germans to pronounced ‘Scheveningen’ during WWII to identify them. Also with the Flemish, they would get people to say 'Schild en Vriend’ when trying to identify French-speaking spies [Section Four].
R5nY1 TIL about the Norwegian Crusade. In the year 1107, King Sigurd led 5000 Norwegian soldiers as they fought their way across Europe to Jerusalem. He was the first Christian King to visit the Holy Land. He visited many of the Holy Sites and then returned to Norway mostly on horseback.
rGbW TIL Fawlty Towers - considered by many (including the British Film Institute) to be the best British television series of all time - only consists of 12 episodes, and that the last 6 episodes were produced 4 years after the first 6.
QJYGE TIL In the U.S., 30% to 40% of the entire food supply is thrown away, worth $161 billion (or 133 billion pounds of food) in 2010. Wasted food is the single largest category of material placed in municipal land fills
VEGm TIL the deserts of Tunisia housed the original Star Wars movie sets for the film’s planet Tatooine. More than 30 years after the premier of the first movie in the series, the sets are still very well preserved and visitors to Tunisia can even stay in Luke Skywalker’s home.