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TIL Paul Van Riper gained notoriety after the Millennium Challenge 2002 wargame where he easily sank a whole US carrier battle group in the simulation with an inferior Middle-Eastern “red” team in the first two days.

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J1A98 TIL that there was an official national anthem of Qing China
N74ye TIL that Carl C. Brigham, a eugenist, used an intelligence test to determine the intellect of recruits for WW1. He concluded that the mixing of races is what was leading to the downfall of American education. He later adapted the test for higher education and it is now known as the SAT.
bxjN TIL Three Israeli prisoners in Sweden rejected an offer to continue their sentence in Israel because the Swedish prison “resembled a five-star hotel”. The prisoners had their own TV airing world cup games, a wide variety of food including steak and conjugal visits.
6E1bm TIL about Phantom vibration syndrome other AKA fauxcellarm and phonetom
EGJX TIL that Romans sometimes roasted chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a goose stuffed inside a pig stuffed inside a cow