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TIL That during 2020 Nova Scotia Attack (Canada's worst murder spree), the RCMP tried to block the 911 recordings from being released to the public, because it proved they knew more the killers movements than they let on. As a resident of NS, I believe these need to be shared.

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XrMj TIL the Allied operation to conceal the D-Day Invasion involved fake radio traffic, double agents, an Australian actor, and fake invasion plans for Calais, Norway, the Mediterranean, and the Balkans. It was so effective Hitler believed the real invasion hadn’t begun until seven weeks after D-Day.
rdw TIL that the Health Minister of South Africa who served for 9 years, actively promoted the treatment of AIDS with garlic, beetroot and African potatoes, while claiming that Anti Retroviral drugs don’t work.
Yy7P TIL Japan imports rice from the U.S. as required by the World Trade Organization, but almost none of it ever actually reaches Japanese dinner plates. Instead, the imported rice is donated to North Korea, fed to pigs, or left to rot in vast Japanese warehouses, sitting in storage for years.
R7blj TIL: In 2011, Fleshlight, a brand of artificial-vagina sex-toys, sent a complimentary package of its products to the members of the SEALs team that killed Osama bin Laden.
VBQgQ TIL Union Army General John Sedgwick died scolding his men due to them taking cover from sharpshooter fire. Striding around in the open, his last words were “They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."