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TIL In 1988, a US warship shot down an Iranian airliner while in their waters. A total of 290 Iranians died, including 66 children. The U.S. paid $61.8m in reparations, but never apologized. VP Bush later stated, I’ll never apologize for the U.S. Ever. I don’t care what the facts are.

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loVE7 TIL: The ceremonial podium from the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo was used as an execution site during the area's warfare in the 1990s. Restorers working after the '92-'95 Siege of Sarajevo patched-up the scarred cement and filled in the many bullet holes.
6KyJ TIL The F15 was the first fighter jet to exceed the speed of sound in vertical flight, and had so much thrust it could climb 65,000ft in 122 seconds.
R7b48 TIL about The “10 Cent Beer Night” Riot at the 1974 Indians v Rangers MLB game where the Indians ended up having to fight their own fans using bats to defend their rivals.
OGG86 TIL that Seinfeld's lawyers allowed the real J. Peterman to review the script for every episode that featured him.
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