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TIL “Kansas” is a mispronunciation of French spelling, and should be pronounced like the last 2 syllables of “Arkansas.”

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BrMgr TIL During E3 2009 a small protest made up of people claiming to be from a local church was held in objection to EA's game Dantes Inferno. Some protesters went as far as to call EA the antichrist. Confirming the suspicions of many, EA later admitted that the protest was a hoax to promote their game.
Egg0o TIL South American independences were planned by Thomas Maitland, the Maitland Plan consisted on capturing Buenos Aires and Chile, and then emancipate Peru and Quito. It was not employed by Britain but José de San Martín who was introduced to the plan, he would "liberate" great part of the continent
xVgMg TIL in 1964, the FBI spent three months investigating whether the song "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen was obscene and therefore illegal to transport across state lines. They concluded there was no evidence the lyrics were rude.
jNa1p TIL that the Yazidi minority in Northern Iraq have survived 72 attempted genocides
GYjdG TIL UPS sells your personal information such as what you bought and where you live, to third parties.