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TIL In 1990 Saudi Arabia expelled around 1 million Yemeni workers as the Yemen Govt. supported Saddam Hussain in the Iraqi war against Kuwait, an ally of Saudi Arabia. This resulted Yemen to lose out $3 billion in yearly remittances that these 'foreign' workers normally transferred to their homeland

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xoMB TIL that when a Hun leader died warriors would slash their cheeks to “cry blood” in mourning.
VX0k TIL that besides the USA only 1 other nation has ever built a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, France.
1aJj7 TIL the electricity needed to power Times Square could power 161,000 average American homes or the entire country of Turks and Caicos
neeRP TIL that conductors of Stanford prison experiment and Milgram experiment knew each other personally. Philip Zimbardo and Stanley Milgram were classmates in their senior year at James Monroe High School.
Lkrdr TIL a Troy ounce of Gold is more than twice as valuable as a Troy ounce of platinum