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TIL that the justification for both times the United States invaded Iraq were based on testimony that was proven false.

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aw47o TIL of Don Shipley, a retired Navy Seal who has spent much of his post service life exposing individuals who falsely claim to be SEALs. According to the FBI there are 300 times more impostor Navy SEALs than actual SEALs
awJkL TIL Spider-Man could have been a fly. Stan Lee said "I saw a fly crawling on a wall. And I said, 'Boy, it would be great if I could get a superhero who could stick to walls like an insect.'" He considered "Insect Man, Fly Man, Stick-to-Wall Man, Mosquito Man... none of them sounded good enough."
wL8y6 Instant soup sends a shocking number of kids to the hospital.
or7R TIL the Cult Awareness Network listed Scientology as the #1 most dangerous cult. Scientologists sued them into bankruptcy and now owns the New Cult Awareness Network
wLrGM TIL a team of international scholars have been working to recreate recipes from 4000 years ago from tablets. One Mesopotamian dish resembles a chicken pot pie, with layers of dough and chunks of bird smothered by a sort of Babylonian béchamel sauce