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TIL Costa Rica has had absolutely no military forces for 64 years

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LQxMV Today I learned that the lyrics of "baby owl" are actually the lyrics of "baby i'll rule"
epeOn Today I learned that Winston Churchill's mother Jennie took as a second husband George Cornwallis West, who was 20 years her junior. Thus, Winston Churchill technically had a stepfather who was his own age (just sixteen days older, to be exact).
x6L5D TIL that the corporate takeover of American politics began in 1971 when the U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked Lewis Powell, a corporate attorney, to draft a memo on the state of the country. His memo argued that American business was "under broad attack" from consumer, labor and environmental groups.
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