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TIL The Anti-Defamation League in the US was busted for spying on US citizens (and others) in support of the South-African apartheid regime and Israel.

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ANQo4 TIL, the placenta that forms with a fetus isn't created by the mother. It grows from the fertilized egg and some fetuses actually develop outside the uterus attached to the intestines in the body cavity.
b9KRN TIL about 'Turnspit dogs', an extinct breed of small dogs that were trained to evenly roast meat over a fire by turning a spit
WkYWA TIL that calling 999 from an Android device texts the emergency services with your location data
jRQX TIL English soccer hooligans killed 39 people and caused 600 injuries, causing all English teams to be banned from international competition for 5 years
Y7eNZ TIL buffalo hunting in the 19th century was encouraged as a means of eliminating the major food source of many Native American tribes, thereby making them easier to control.