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TIL that Winston Churchill, was directly responsible for creating Bengal famine of 1943 which ultimately killed about 3 Million Indian Bengalis.

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9YrGG TIL that in 1986 a man named John R. MacDougall jammed HBO on the East Coast for almost 5 minutes, affecting 8 million people, all to protest their rates for satellite dish owners
neZWB TIL the fastest growing jobs in the United States are Solar Photovoltaic Installers and Wind Turbine Service Technicians, at 63% and 57% per year
p8RJG TIL that Four out of five members of Congress continued to drink alcohol during Prohibition
NbVP TIL Volvo decided to release the patent for the three-point seatbelt because they believed the lives it was likely to save was more significant than profit
9aDD TIL Iran carries out more sex change operations than any other nation in the world except for Thailand