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TIL Shen Yun, the Chinese performing arts/dance group that frequently tours the US, is viewed as an "anti-society cult" by the Chinese Government

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Rxx8 TIL: In 2011 drug cartel kidnapped hundreds of innocent bus passengers in Mexico and made them fight to death like gladiators. The survivors would be informed of new purpose in life as assassins for gang.
a8pQN TIL That General Leslie Groves who was the Director of the Manhattan Project, which help develop the first atomic bomb, had previously been in charge of the construction of the office building which would eventually become the Pentagon.
0BBM TIL in Germany, soldiers are considered “citizens in uniform”, firstly responsible to their own conscience and not to their leaders. As a result, there were no military courts since 1945.
0wPY5 TIL that there are 450 Ivy League courses available online for free.
Y88A TIL that a self-filling water bottle is being developed that draws moisture from the air - up to three liters every hour. It works by mimicking the way a beetle survives in the African desert.