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TIL that the CIA overthrew Irans last elected President paving the way for the Iran that we know today.

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5VXA8 TIL Many popular food dishes and food brands you’d find throughout the U.S, are outright banned in other countries.
oRZJW TIL Robert W. Service sent his poems to his father to be printed and given as gifts to friends. Service received back an offer of royalties for publication, the printers had loved the poems, The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses was an immediate success and Service quit his bank job the next year.
vP5lj TIL John Preston claimed that his dog, Harass II, had extraordinary forensics skills like tracking a scent months after the suspect had walked on the ground. At a rate of 300$ per day, he was hired by Florida authorities as an expert witness and helped convict as many as 100 people
7rM TIL: That the Nike Slogan “Just do it” was inspired by someone on death row about to die.
R7aP1 TIL Black GIs coming to wartime Britain found a relatively liberal attitude to segregation. They still weren't allowed to mix with American whites, but had no restriction on mixing with British whites.