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TIL there were 49 civilan casaulities in Pearl Harbor attacks

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r9dM TIL that a British teenager faced probation after he took part in a demonstration against the Church of Scientology and claiming that it was a ‘cult’, with police confiscating his 'cult’ placard.
gMaXL TIL It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion.
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D1RJr TIL Empty Fort Strategy strategy involves using reverse psychology to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes. In 195, warlord Cao Cao used it to make his opponent think there was an ambush, which bought him time to prepare a real ambush
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