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TIL that Nirvana were a British psychedelic band in the 60's who performed with Salvador Dali

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J1Vdj TIL a 2002 U.S. war game, with Iran as the enemy, ended with the entire U.S. fleet lost in 1 day. The game was then restarted with rigged rules to ensure America won.
4XJlo TIL about WASP: the Women Airforce Service Pilots, civilian female pilots who flew in non combat situations for the US Army during WWII
oBW7o TIL the Soviets had their own spin on the Western genre of film called Osterns (Easterns). Instead of being set in the American frontier they were set in the Soviet union during the Russian Civil War
GAQ4G TIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — nearly all historical famines, such as the Irish Potato Famine, are primarily man-made.
1ajOV TIL that the 1912 presidential election, the Socialist candidate -Eugene V.Debs- received six percent of the popular vote which was the highest ever for a Socialist or Communist or any leftist in U.S. history.