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TIL: Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, because of an insulting comment by one of its emirs.

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MvRV TIL that the Royal Navy served sailors daily rum rations until 1970. The last day of rum was called Black Tot Day. Sailors wore black armbands and ships held mock funerals for tots of rum.
J1Z58 TIL that chess players do not, in fact, burn an extreme amount of calories during matches
9Mn6 TIL The success of Venice during the Middle Ages has been credited to its system of government which selected politicians by lottery
gra1D TIL while free to watch online, the single ticket price for attending a TED talk starts at $10,000
BVee TIL Otto von Bismarck once stated that when war came to Europe “it will be some damn fool thing in the Balkans that sets it off” thirty years before Franz Ferdinand was assassinated which kicked off the start of World War One.