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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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P1JoL TIL about Subutai also known as 'The Demon Dog of war' A Monggol general and the primary military strategist of Genghis Khan, regarded by many as the single greatest military commander in history, instrumental in the conquests of Genghis and Ögedei Khan.
e07j4 TIL that the Walt Disney Company has never released a film that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture in all of it's 95 year history.
LQXGv TIL that the inspiration for Billy Elliot was an opera singer, Thomas Allen, not a dancer
9wbO7 TIL: the macadamia nut is the only indigenous Australian plant grown as a large scale commercial food crop
e0rn4 TIL, Disney's the Parent Trap was an adaptation of a German novel that had been adapted three times, in three different countries before Disney got the rights to it