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TIL that 3 banana companies once overthrew the government of Honduras.

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oRj5E TIL that the head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Sir Richard Moore, is the grandson of an IRA soldier that fought in the Irish War of Independence against British rule
wL687 TIL that various ideas such as radioactive cats and spiky landscapes have been proposed for the Department of Energy to deter future civilization from interfering with nuclear waste burial sites.
d8yoK TIL that a mock-Nazi invasion was staged in Winnipeg in 1942 in order to encourage Manitobians to invest in victory bonds. The "invasion" included the internment of prominent politicians, the imposition of Nazi rule, and a parade.
XEjgr TIL that there is a monument in Estonia honoring Estonians who served in the Nazi German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS
NEY1 TIL the stock market got the names “bear and bull” because of caballeros in California. The caballeros put California grizzlies in battle with bulls. They observed bears swiped downward and bulls hooked upward, thus lending the analogy. This also helped lead to the California grizzly’s extinction.