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TIL Nixon’s strategy during Vietnam was called the Madman Theory and it focused on making the enemy think Nixon was insane and if provoked would act irrational.

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nW4Ed TIL that in addition to Red Cross organizations, there are also Red Crescent and Red Crystal organizations, with the symbols localized for acceptance by the community of each nation that has such an organization. In the past there was also a Red Lion and Sun (Iran).
b6L5N TIL that in 2007 on a trip to Paris, Prince Harry had his driver go through the same tunnel his mother Princess Diana died in at the same speed her car was going at the time, in an attempt to find closure for her death. He described the attempt as ill-conceived, saying it only brought him more pain.
PY1DO TIL if you threw a stone overboard above the Mariana Tench (6.8 mi deep) it would take an hour for it to hit the ocean floor.
X0GrQ TIL: Pampas grass in garden = Swingers at home
LLVd TIL of Tibor Rubin, a Hungarian Jew who survived Mathausen concentration camp, was deliberately given dangerous assignments by an anti-Semitic sergeant in Korea, and spent 30 months as POW after being captured by the Chinese.