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TIL Cleopatra Was Not Egyptian

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4XYeJ TIL in the 1920’s Canada had plans to invade the US (and vice versa).
XEB4E TIL Spaniards abolished forced military conscription with massive civil disobedience
gxay TIL women in Iraq were far more safe, educated and free under Saddam’s regime than today
j9mn TIL Ringo Starr narrated the first two seasons of Thomas the Tank Engine (Thomas and Friends)!
ejgE TIL that during the filming of Jurassic Park, Dr. Ian Malcolm distracting the dinosaur with a flare was included at Jeff Goldblum’s suggestion, as he felt a heroic action was better than going by the original script, where like Gennaro, Malcolm would get scared and run away.