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TIL that in 1946 the United States offered to give up its atomic bomb stockpile and transfer all fissionable material to a United Nations body, to which a Soviet representative said that USSR does not want equality. The Soviet Union wants complete freedom to pursue its own aims as it sees fit".

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DX9P TIL fruit stickers are made out of edible paper. Even the glue is food grade.
o4yR TIL that one Korean soldier during WWII fought for three Armies.In 1938 he was conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army.He was captured by the Soviet Red Army and forced into service in 1942.In 1943,captured again and forced to fight for the Wehrmacht. Finally, he was captured by US Army in 1944.
W7Eg4 TIL of Wouter Basson, aka 'Dr Death', former head of the South Africa Secret Services’ biological and chemical program ‘Project Coast’ from 1981 to 1995, that introduced drugs into SA to chemically suppress the black population. Charged but acquitted of human rights violations, including murder.
wLvaJ TIL Bread makes ducks sick, prevents them from learning to forage, and can even deform their wings so they can’t fly.
krBB TIL a drug known as “reverse marijuana” exists, which induces a pharmacological response exactly opposite to that of THC: suppresses appetite, betters short-term memory, etc.