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TIL The Army pressured the filmmakers of Black Hawk Down to change the name of the war hero portrayed by Ewan McGregor because the real life soldier is serving a 30 year prison term for raping his six year old daughter

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QJD7L TIL of the "Running of the Interns", in which interns of news organizations run up to a quarter-mile to deliver a paper copy of the US Supreme Court's opinion on major cases, as recording devices are not permitted within the building.
AjK7 TIL the Vietnam War is known in Vietnam as the American War
6E06m TIL Hitler loved Irish folk music. When Sean Dempsey came to play for him in 1936 there was no room for him to sit, which he needed to play. Hitler jumped up and ordered an S.S. member get down on his hands and knees and that Dempsey sit astride him while he played.
l7Nv7 TIL that the most expressive cat is the manul, and it is more commonly known as Pallas's cat. They can be found in the grasslands of Central Asia.
mkkO TIL the Holocaust in Belarus killed up to 40% of its population. 100,000 Jews lived in the Minsk ghetto, with 1.5 meters of allotted space each and none for children. The Nazis planned to kill 75% of Belorussians - those with blonde hair/blue eyes would be allowed to live as slaves for Germans.