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TIL A Canadian brigade got to New Orleans to provide aid for Katrina victims faster than the US Government.

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wLDO8 TIL this 90s Coke ad campaign in Australia was cancelled after sexual imagery was noticed in the ice cubes
la6B TIL: A study’s results indicated participants who enjoyed bitter flavors over sweet flavors were more likely to exhibit signs of “Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and everyday sadism.
9Yem TIL that gorillas are able to remember their kin even after being separated as infants
M77QB TIL that the US army awarded 20 Medals of Honor, the highest and most prestigious military decoration, to soldiers for their actions at the Wounded Knee Massacre. Many of those killed by US troops during the massacre were unarmed women and children.
9wvaD TIL that in the '80s the president of Zaire built a 3200 meter landing strip in the jungle next to his palace so he could charter Concord flights to Paris