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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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XJVQ TIL CNN had 50 people covering the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. But assigned more then 400 to England’s royal wedding.
xQyk TIL the first banned book in the US was Thomas Morton’s “New English Canaan” published in 1637, which was sympathetic to Native Americans and critical of the Puritans
KORwQ TIL: 29 countries boycotted the 1976 Montreal Olympics because New Zealand's involvement in playing rugby against South Africa.
l71rK TIL Seagulls can live to almost 50
0d5xM TIL the longest serving president of South Korea, Park Chung Hee, fought on the side of Japan during WW2.