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TIL that the Canadian military tortured a young man to death in Somalia in 1993. In response to this incident the Canadian government and military disbanded the entire branch of their military (Airborne command) that had committed the act.

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d1Od TIL In 1961 a yoga teacher was able to convince hundreds of people that she was the female reincarnation of Jesus creating a horrific cult in Australia called The Family, one of the only known cults led by a woman.
L78P TIL that 10 years ago a man who went for a job interview for the BBC was accidentally mistaken for a tech expert and was interviewed on live tv
XEaQE TIL that, after an attack by a predator, the surviving prairie dogs do a celebratory dance.
ZpJo4 TIL research shows that reading literature makes people smarter and nicer
VM6L8 TIL that prior to the 19th century in The UK, the differentiation between a city and a village was whether or not the area had a cathedral.