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TIL During the first Gulf War the United States used bulldozers in an assault on entrenched Iraqi soldiers, burying between 80-250 people alive.

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XEga6 TIL of Muhammad Ali Pasha, an Albanian who rose through the ranks of the Ottoman army to become viceroy of Egypt. While viceroy, he destroyed the first Saudi state, conquered Sudan, and launched a rebellion which almost overthrew the Sultan, before being halted by European intervention.
pWdp TIL Louisiana is the prison capital of the world - Where 1 out of every 86 adults is in jail
WkZKX TIL that ancient Israelites burned cannabis during worship
l7DR5 TIL that a series of early nuclear weapon tests known as Operation Plumbbob resulted in a test bore cover plate being launched with such force that a frame/millisecond camera only caught the cover on a single frame.
WkD7B TIL that PTSD used to be called shell shock. The term was originated in 1915 during WW1 by Charles Myers