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TIL AIPAC tried to hide evidence that it played a major part in pushing for the Invasion of Iraq in 2003

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v8j4 TIL You don’t own your music in the itunes library, you rent it. This means that when you die, your children will not be able to inherit the songs you have purchased. The tracks will instead be handed back to Apple.
nr4b TIL that the 1935 nobel peace prize was awarded to a German whistleblower who revealed their cladestine re-armament. In 1992 a German court upheld his conviction for treason & espionage
6EvQJ TIL that ketchup was origionally not made with tomatoes and that there are still mutiple kinds of ketchup, including walnut, mushroom, mango, and banana ketchup still sold today.
Agvw TIL in 1914 the British made their first gas attack by releasing 140 tons of chlorine gas and hoping the wind would blow it into German trenches. However, a sudden shift wind direction blew it into their own trenches injuring almost 2000 British soldiers.
eppRJ TIL that people with red hair are more sensitive to pain and more resistant to local anesthesia due to the MC1R gene. They may require up to 20% more general anesthesia (such as Novocaine)