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TIL the Singaporean military was established by Israel
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TIL Mr. Roger’s parents adopted an African American teenager named George. Rogers came to consider George his older brother, and George later became an instructor for the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II– and also taught Rogers how to fly.
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TIL during the prohibition era, the US government added poison to industrial alcohol to discourage consumption. People continued to drink it, so the government added more and they killed 10,000 people.
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TIL that Treadmills were used as punishment devices for people sentenced to forced labor in British prisons. It was banned as cruel and inhumane by 1900.
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TIL General Mills cereal company removed the bee from boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios to raise awareness of declining bee populations
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TIL that colour photography has existed as far back as the 1850s