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TIL During the CIA’s experiments in brainwashing/mind control, a mental health patient was subjected to a 174 day acid trip.

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8XBb TIL that during the Vietnam War, a US task force known as ‘Tiger Force’ routinely cut of the ears of its victims to make necklaces from them.
X5L8 TIL during his time in the army James Blunt once disobeyed orders from a US general - to attack a group of Russian troops.
16pvV TIL that the phrase “time immemorial” (as used in English common law) refers to any time prior to July 6, 1189
9wxWQ TIL that there was a WWII land battle fought in Alaska between Japan (occupying force) and the United States.
Yl9P TIL the jets extending from slow-motion Nuclear Explosions are the tower’s support cables being vaporized by x-rays before the shockwave even hits.