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TIL The end of slavery led to starvation and death for millions of black Americans

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LkjL0 TIL about British general J.F.C. Fuller, whose theories influenced the Nazi's adoption of the blitzkrieg. In 1939, Hitler staged a parade of his mechanized army and asked Fuller "What do you think of your children?"
m1alx TIL of Clive Wearing whose memory only lasts for about 20 seconds before resetting. He always believes that he has just woken up from the coma he experienced in 1985.
KYyy4 TIL about Hugh Thompson, an American helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. He landed between unarmed Vietnamese civilians and American soldiers during the My Lai Massacre, ordering his crew to fire on the American troops if they shot the civilians, saving many lives.
6EVWJ TIL there is a concrete dome in the Marshall Islands containing tonnes of nuclear waste the US left there during Cold War testing and there is a large risk of it leaking due to rising sea levels. Nothing is being done about this.
b6684 Today I learned, a whale shark’s diet consists of very small prey, because it’s throat is about as narrow as a quarter.