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TIL that in January 2009, an Al-Qaeda training camp in Algeria was reportedly wiped out by the plague.

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N6A1 TIL that when Joseph Stalin’s wife died he stated, “This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.” He became so distraught during her burial that he threw himself into her open grave and had to be dragged out.
0d7bN TIL of the well-traveled goat who sailed with Captain Cook, circumnavigated the globe twice, was one of the first Europeans to visit Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia and was celebrated on her return to England. Truly the GOAT of goats.
RQQ1 TIL that the first gunpowder weapon was actually a melee spear with a one shot flamethrower attached called a fire lance used by the Chinese around year 1000.
pYly8 TIL about The V Party, the Polish Party of VCR Owners, a political party active in early 90s Poland founded as a means of distributing unlicensed VHS tapes in rental shops
kJXO7 TIL that in Turkey there’s a cold summer drink called “Churchill” (Çörçıl), made with lemon juice, sparkling mineral water and salt. Many assume it’s named after Winston Churchill, but the real origin of the name is still uncertain.