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TIL that Libyan dictator Gaddafi gave the Irish Republican Army four tons of Semtex. The IRA sold the plastic explosive to FARC in Colombia with bomb-making technology and training, charging $1 million per class for 28 classes

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yQRPJ TIL it was once believed "Crack Babies" did not like to be interacted with and could not learn like normal children. They were not treated like normal children and were given poorer early childhood care and education. When these practices were stopped most of the problems they had went away.
OGeL7 TIL The invention of the original silly string was accidental. Was originally intended as a spray-on instant cast for fractures.
ADvb4 TIL Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher's mother, died a day after Carrie Fisher's death.
egAE TIL that if you are a Singaporean Citizen above 21, your organs will be automatically donated upon death.
R7NE8 TIL that the volume of grey matter in an area of the brain called the precuneus is correlated with subjective happiness score and a 6-week mindfulness meditation course was found to correlate with significant grey matter increase in the precuneus.