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TIL George H. W. Bush served as the US Ambassador to the United Nations during the Nixon administration

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k58E TIL that humans aren’t the only species that commits suicide. Dogs, ducks, and whales also exhibit self-destructive behavior after the death of an owner or a mate.
QJNka TIL that a man built and planted an extremely complex bomb in a Nevada Casino - the FBI could not disarm it, and the controlled detonation blew up most of the Casino.
XWe6 TIL: In 1989, the Soviet Union traded Pepsi Company 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer for Pepsi to be sold in the Soviet Union. This trade made Pepsi the 6th largest military power in the world at the time.
PYAWL TIL that 1 in every 18 people have a third nipple.
Z5ro TIL the piledriver was banned in WWE in 2000, unless the wrestler has special permission to use it. In a discussion in 2007, Stephanie McMahon said that only two wrestlers were allowed to use the move, “two of the stronger guys”, Undertaker and Kane.