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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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6EkLw TIL that on ZZ Top's best selling album "Eliminator" bassist Duty Hill and drummer Frank Beard received album credits but did not attend most of the recording sessions. The album consists almost entirely of Billy Gibbons accompanied by electronically synthesized bass and drums.
epw7E TIL that there were many "Southern Unionists" during the US Civil War. 40% of US Military Officers from Virginia fought for the Union and approximately 100,000 Southern Unionists served in the Union Army, with units of White Troops raised from every Southern state except South Carolina.
08VR TIL that Sara Blakely, the inventor of Spanx, is the world’s youngest self made female billionaire and the first woman to sign the Giving Pledge, committing to give over half of her wealth to philanthropy.
7rXQ7 TIL about the Galloway Hoard, the most significant Viking Age treasure hoard ever discovered, which was found in Scotland by a metal detectorist in 2014
grBMA TIL The Great Salt Lake was once almost the size of Lake Michigan