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TIL of Operation Nifty Package, a US mission in which American soldiers repeatedly blared rock music such as “I Fought the Law” and “Welcome to the Jungle” as a form of psychological warfare to force dictator Manuel Noriega to come out of his Vatican sanctuary. He surrendered after 10 days.

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Z8JrQ TIL about the Kentucky meat shower of 1876, where pieces of meat appeared to fall on Bath County. One theory is that a flock of vultures vomited in the area; the meat was said to taste like lamb or deer. Another is that the meat was a cyanobacteria which expands to a jelly-like mass when wet.
9wQKp TIL In October 2003 sunlight dimmed 0.3 percent for about four days, due to three very large sunspot groups moving across the face of the sun
X0g86 TIL that in 1979, the Shah of Iran threw one of the most expensive parties in history, with some cost estimates being over $100 million. It was attended by nearly all royal families, dignitaries & presidents. The example of extravagance was used by the islamic revolutionaries to overthrow the Shah.
67QX TIL the population of 3 cities (Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal) makes up almost 40% of the total population of Canada
loGBa TIL Annually around 40 million Olive Ridley hatchlings are born in Odisha coast of India and they are monitored around the year from adults laying eggs to birth. Fishing and commercial activities are banned around particular coast. One of the most successful conservation story.