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TIL that the country with the most pyramids is Sudan

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GA6Mg TIL heroin and opium were widely used by US servicemen in Vietnam war, partly to help them tolerate the challenges of the war environment. ~43% of US servicemen who served in Vietnam had used heroin/opium at least once and half of those are thought to be dependent on them at one point (1974 study).
ADlOg TIL The German Empire committed genocide in Namibia from 1904-1908, killing upto 110000 natives, making it one of the earliest attempts at genocide in the 20th century. In 2015 the German government refused to consider reparations for the act.
awwjL TIL there are individuals actively advocating against cochlear implant surgery. They consider the possibility of curing deafness a form of "ethnic" genocide as such an event would lead to the destruction of a unique population of people with a linguistic culture onto themselves.
loOw5 TIL Robin Williams protested 'It's my voice! You can't stop me.' against Disney when they tried to prevent him from voice acting in Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
rRwwd TIL that in the 1700s, Queen Caroline of Great Britain had smallpox innoculation trialled on six prisoners in return for commuting their death sentences. When this was successful, she innoculated her own children, popularising the process.